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RECOVKItV OF SOME MATERIALS 



EARLY HISTORY OF DORCHESTER, 






GENERAL AND PARTICULAR. 



PREPARED FOR TUB 



NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, 



bi SAMUEL G. DRAKE. 




BOSTON: 
Office of the new England hjstoric-genfalogical register, 

No. 66 C o r s n i l l . 
1851. 






C. C. P. Moodt, Printer, — Dickinson Office, 
No. 52 Washington Street. 






OLD DORCHESTER. 

RECOVERY or BOHE MATERIALS FOR ITS HISTOKY, GENERAL AND PARTIC1 LAR. 

There is some satisfaction in being able to state with confidence thai any 
New England town derived its name from one of the same name in old 
England; but the curious are not satisfied to stop here; they will very 
naturally and properly enquire how the name was originally derived, and 
how it came to be applied to a particular locality ': The name Dorchi s- 
teb is derived from a tribe or clan of people who inhabited the region so 
lamed in very remote ages, who were called Dtjeotriges. Vespasian 
reduced them to the dominion of the Romans; and whal was afterwards 
called Dorchester was a Roman town which they called Dbrnovaria ; 
which name appears to have come from the two Celtic words Dwn or 
Dwyi; and Yak, which signified water and wai : hence the waterway, 
the channel, &c The name came into use on the establishmenl of the seal 
of government here for this part of the country by Vespasian.* So much, 
it is thought, will not be out of place relative to Dorchesterin Old England. 
That our Dorchester was named for Old Dorchester, sufficient evidence has 
often been adduced, and we will not trespass farther on the province of the 
historian of Dorchester by reproducing that evidence here. It is peculiarly 
remarkable that the people of Old Dorchester, were, as Clarendon asserts, 
and no doubl truly, "more particularly disaffected to the cause of Charles 
L than those of any place in England." And, in this respect, "a seal of 
great malignity, a magazine from which other place- were supplied with the 
principles of r< hellion, and one of the first places fortified against the King." 
flow those principles were perpetuated and adhered to by our Dorchester 
people, a few years later, the ensuing document will sufficiently attesl : and 
no presumptive evidence can be stronger, than that the first settlers, very 
main- of them, came from that famous "seat of rebellion," and that they 
honored it on that account is also evident, from their naming the place they 
had chosen to abide in after it. 

Few except students in the History of New England, are aware, probably, that 
Dorchester was settled before Boston, or even Charlestown. "When many most 
Godly & Religious People, in ye Reign of KiiiL' Charles ye first, did under ye In- 
ooura;_ r ement of a Charter Granted by ye Sd King Charles, A. I). 1628, Remoue 
themselves & their Families into ye Colony oi ye Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- 
land. Then it was that the first Inhabitants of Dorchester came oner, & were ye 
first Company or Church Society that arrived here, next to ye Town of Salem 
who was one year before them. 

In ye year 1629, Divers Godly Persons in Devonshire. Somersetshire, Dorcet- 
shire & other places proposed a Remoue to X. England, among whom were two 
Famous Ministers, viz- Mr. John Maverick (who T suppose was somewhat advanced 
in Age) ^ Mr John Wan ham (I suppose a younger man) then a preacher in the 
City of Exon, or Exeter in ye ( 'ounty of Devon. These good People mel together 
at Plymouth, a Sea-port Town in ye sd County of Devon, in order to ship them- 
& families for New England: N: because they designed to liue together, after 
they should arriue here, they met together in the New Hospital in Plymouth & 
associated into Church Fellowship & chose ye Bd Mr. Mauenck \ Mr. Wareham 
to be their Ministers & officers: the Revd. Mr. John White ofDorchester in I >or- 
cet (who was an active Instrument to promote ye Settlement of New England, & I 
think a means of procuring ye Charter) being present & preaching ye forepart of 
ye Day, & in ye latter part of ye Day they performed ye work aforesaid. 

They set Sail from Plymouth ye 20th of March 1629-30, in a large ship of 400 

* History ofDorchester, in the County of Dorset, by James Savage, p, 61 — 66. 



4 Old Dorchester. 

Tons, one Capt. Squeb master, & arriued at Nantasket (Now Hull) ye 30th of 
May, 1G30. They had agreed with Capt. Squeb to bring them into Charles Riuer, 
but he was false to his bargain, & turned them ashore at Nantasket & their Goods, 
leaving them in a forlorn Wilderness. They got a Boat of some that had staid in 
ye Country (I suppose for Trade, for there was some on Noddles Island & at Charles- 
town that staid in ye Country for Trade with ye Natives, & with their goods, 
rowed (as I suppose) up to ye Mouth of Charles Riuer, it being about 3 Leagues. 
They went up the Riuer until it grew narrow & shallow, Intending there to set 
down, it being about ye place where Watertown now is. They had not stayed here 
but a few days but ye Rest of their company had found out a neck of land joyning 
to a place called by ye Indians Mattapan (now Dorchester) so they settled at 
Mattapan. 

They began their Settlement here at Mattapan ye begining of June, as I suppose, 
or thereabout, A. D. 1630 & changed ye name into Dorchester. Why they called it 
Dorchester I haue neuer heard, but there was some of Dorcet Shire, & some of ye 
town of Dorchester that settled here ; & it is very likely it might be in Honour 
of ye aforesaid Revd. Mr. White of Dorchester. 

Our people were settled here a Month or two before Gov. Winthrop & ye ships 
that came with him arriued at Charlestown, so that Dorchester Plantation was 
settled next to ye Town of Salem, being before Charlestown or Boston. The 
Indians here at Dorchester were kind to our people."* 

Though Dorchester was for a short period the most important town in N. Eng- 
land, excepting perhaps Plymouth & Salem, it was owing to its locality that "it 
held its ascendancy for so brief a space. " It seems," says its Annalist, that " many 
that were of the first settlers were Trading men, & at first designed Dorchester for 
a place of Trade, & accordingly built a Fort upon ye hill called Rock-Hill, wherein 
were seueral Pieces of ordinance, near ye AVaterside ; but ye Channel being poor 
& landing difficult, & Boston & Charlestown Harbor being far more commodious, 
they desisted from that design, & many of them removed afterwards to Boston & 
other places, so that many families about in ye Countrey had their first rise from 
Dorchester." t 

Hence, that Dorchester should contain a much less number of inhabitants 
in 1G41 than it did in 1G37, is very probable. That such was actually the 
case we infer from the following facts. In 1637, a list of the names of 
" those that were to haue land in ye Division of ye Neck, & other Lands," 
consisted "of about 104 Names"* In 1641 we have a list of 71 names, 
and in 1664, another of 102. The two last named lists we have before us, 
and the last all the names written with their own hands. 

Although that of 1641 has been published, the names a e unintelligible 
to the general reader, having appeared only in fac simile. That is to say, 
the majority of them are deciphered with great difficulty, and some of (Ik in 
may be read one toay almost as well as another. They appeared several 
years ago in that most valuable little work, Blake's Annals of Dor- 
chester, (in a lithographic fac simile) as a sort of frontispiece. Whether 
the editors of that work were fearful that they might interpret some of the 
names wrong, if they undertook to put them into type, we cannot decide, 
but certain it is, they gave us no printed list of the names on the document, 
other than as above mentioned. That said important list should be printed, 
no one will probably deny, and that our work is the proper place for it will 
perhaps not be questioned. Therefore, not having the fear of making errors 
before our eyes .sufficiently strong to deter us, we have resolved to enter 
upon the hazardous work of rendering into type these venerable names. 
Then our version may be easily compared with the original, the lithographic 
copy, and other documents — and eventually the whole list may be settled 
beyond question. 

* Blake's Annals of Dorchester, 7-10. 1 1bid. p. 16. 

Jit is printed in Dr. Harris' " Memorials," but we find that it contains only 94 names. 
About 42 of these are found on the list of 1641, which we give. 



Old Dorchester. 



In the Preface to the Annals hefore mentioned, the writer, in reference 
to the Lithographic frontispiece Bays : 

" In order that it [the Annals] may be still more valuable to the public, and 
especially to the numerous descendants of the (irst settlers of Dorchester, the pub- 
lisher [Mr. David Clasp, Jb.] has" been furnished with many of their autographs, 
from a page of the Erst hook of Town Records, being the names of the male inhab- 
itants of the town in the year 1641, which he presents to the reader as a litho- 
graphed Frontispiece, These names are appended to an instrument conveying to 
the town of Dorchester all rents and profits of Thompson's Island, for the support 
of a free school." 

In regard to our transcript of the names, we would state that wo have 
procured a comparison to be made of the lithographic list with the original, 
and that it is generally good, bul several of the names were easily deter- 
mined from an inspection of the original, while they were quite doubtful in 

the copy. 

We have added numbers to the names for the sake of easy reference, 
and to the names in this li-t which occur in the other a * is added, and to 
those of the game name of whom the monumental inscriptions are given, a f 
is added. The alphabetical arrangement of the' whole is also our own. The 
numbers prefixed to them -how their or-der on the fac simile. 



35 Andrews, Thomas* 14 
11 Atherton, Humfreyf 5 

36 Baker. Richard* " 57 

54 Bate. Janes 39 

19 Blake. William* 7 

58 r.reckc. Edward 70 

20 Butler. Nicho 62 

17 Capen, John * 9 

18 < lapen, Joane, weddowf 56 
68 Clap, Edmund * 60 
31 Clapp, Nicholas * 52 
2."> Clap, Roger 64 

8 Clarke. Thomas 

28 Clarke, William 51 

40 Clement. Augustine 50 

59 Collacot. Richard 12 
67 Deeble, Robert 2 
24 Diekerinan, Thomas 37 

6 Duncan, N-atha: 63 

55 Dver, George * 3 

33 Ffarnham, John 53 

26 Farneworth, Joseph 10 

34 Ft'awer. Barnabas 47 

27 Foster, HopestiU t 30 



Gibson, Christopher 
Glouer. John 
Grenaway, John 
Hawes, Richard 
Hawkins, Thomas 

Hill, John x 
Holland, John 
llolman. John 
Howard, Robert 
Howchin, Jeremy 
Ilumtfray, Jonas 
Jones, AJliee wyfe of 

Richard 
Jones, Thomas f 
Lane j£ William 
Makepeace, Thomas 
Mather, Richard * f 
Maudeslay, John 
Millit, Thomas 
Minot, George * 
Muninge, Edmund v 
Patten, Nathaniell 
Pearee, John 
Pears, John 



49 Peteher, Andrew 
15 Phillips, John 
32 Pope \' John 
38 Proctor, George 
66 Rigbye, John 

43 Selloeke, David 
42 Smith, John * 

1 Stoughton, Israel 
69 Sumner. William * 

22 Swift, Thomas * f 

61 Tilstone, Thomas * | 
71 Toplif, Clementt 
46 Turner, Jefftrey 
21 Upsal, Nicholas 
C5 Wales, Nathanaell 
41 Wave. Henrie * 
48 "Wearham, Mr. 
45 AVeekes, Geo. 
29 "Wiles, Michael 

44 Wilkins, Bray 
1<; Wiswall, John 

23 Wiswall, Thomas 

4 Withington, Henry * 
13 Wright, Henry 



A few observations in reference to the causes which gave rise to the fol- 
lowing petition will close our prefatory remark-. 

That the success of Oromwett was highly gratifying to the great body of 
the first settlers of New England requires no confirmation, ami that a gov- 
ernment bad been overturned which had been the cause of their expatria- 
tion and consequenl hard-hip- and sufferings, was viewed with much satis- 
faction by them, admit- ofno question. It was easy therefore for them to 
conform to a government growing out of CromicelVs revolution ; — a govern- 
ment every way congenial to their habit-, wants ami feelings. And having 
gone on under a congenial legislation for many years, a sudden change 
must necessarily cause much commotion ; especially as they could have no 
choice of rulers in England. It was certain too that if their oppressors 



6 Old Dorchester. 

should come into power, tbey could expect to be treated at least with coldness 
and rigor. A change came ; the restoration took place — not a restoration of 
good government, but a restoration of a government dependent on the will 
of an unprincipled king. This king's actions soon discovered to the peo- 
ple, that not only a reckless profligacy was restored^ but, what was worse 
than all, Popery was to be restored with it. With such monsters staring 
them in the thee, it is not strange that the people in " these remote corners 
of the earth," as they used to express themselves, should be thrown into 
consternation. Their rights and privileges, as guaranteed by their original 
charter, were threatened, and they hourly expected a royal mandate, more 
to be dreaded than death itself. The historian* who has said that the peo- 
ple of Massachusetts acknowledged subjection to the Parliament and Crom- 
well, so far only as to keep upon terms with them, misjudged their true 
feelings altogether ; and instead of giving us the minds of the people, he has 
given us his own. He only supposed that, under the circumstances, he 
should have done so. 

The people of N. England had reason for their fears. They had cherished 
the enemies of royalty, and when it was known in the country that Charles 
II. had been proclaimed in England the people did not proclaim him here. 

Thus matters stood about four years before our Petition was drawn up. 
Doubts as to the course of Charles towards N. England gradually wore 
upon the minds of the people. They could not resist his decrees, "and to 
submit to them was incompatible with their preconceived ideas of prosperity 
and happiness. It was in this state of feeling that the document herewith 
submitted was drawn and subscribed. 

Historians have left us but a very imperfect account of the trials, troubles 
and difficulties our fathers experienced in consequence of the glorious 
restoration, as Mr. Oarlyle significantly terms it. They felt themselves in 
great jeopardy for years after that event. When it occurred, many of 
them, probably, had but very little faith in its stability. That tins was the 
case appears strikingly manifest from some documents of that day, now 
before us. As early as 1662 a Letter was received from Charles II., a 
tolerable copy of which maybe read in Hutchinson's Collection of Original 
Papers. That the letter was very unacceptable to the colony is set in a 
clear light, by the manner of its reception in a single important town. 
Copies were probably sent to all the towns, though we have met with but 

one of them, and that was sent to Woburn. It was thus directed: "To 

t e Constable of Wooberne wuo is hereby required to publish 

OR CAUSE THE SAME TO BE rUBLISHED AT A GeXERALL TOUNE MEET- 
ING there." How speedily it went from the « Generall Covrt" to Woburn, 
does not appear, but it was returned with the following endorsement upon 
it :— " This is to Certify whom it may concern, that I Thomas Dutton of 
woobovrn do acknowledg. that on reqvest of several inhabitants of the said 
tovn, did proevre this Letter of the secretary & gaue it to the CvnstabLe 
Isack CoLe who refused it, & so i brought ft again this 8 of Desember G2. 
Thomas Dutten." '• Witness : Moses Cleveland, John Baker, & willjam 
Simons." 

Perhaps the records of Woburn may throw some further light on the 
affair ; and did our limits allow, we could add much more about the state 
of things here then, growing out of the restoration. But justice cannot be 
done it hi one page nor two, and we must leave it for some future historian 
of Massachusetts to do ; for notwithstanding the many splendid works upon 
our history, « general and particular," many subjects of the greatest impor- 

* Hutchinson. 



Old Dorchester. 7 

tancc arc loft untouched. It is easy to real results, for they are 

monuments every where, hul whal produced them, is quite a different thing. 

Besides what may 1"' found in Hutchinson's History, there are a few 
items ofinteresl in Morton's Memorial, r< lative to the affairs of the times 
under consideration. 

In the notices of the Bigners of our petition I have aimed al brevity, and 
intended to u r i\e nothing concerning them which is common elsewhere ; and 
it i a hoped that, whal is here done in that particular, may render assistance 
to such of their descendants as may now or hereafter seek for this kind of 
information. In this department the Editor acknowledgi 3withgrea1 plea- 
sure, the very important assistance he has received from his Antiquarian 
friend, Mb. William B. Trask, of Dorchester, to whom the Register had 
before been much indebted for his accurate transcript of all the early inscrip- 
tions of that town. And in this connection we will observe, that, il must 
be borne in mind, respecting what is added to the name- in these lists, that 
no pretension is made of completeness, nor have we presumed to supply 
anything beyond the records of the town, the wills, &c, in Boston, except 
in a few instances. In our desire to avoid the frequent repetition of those 
vexation- adverbs, perhaps, probably, &c.,we may have sometimes erred, 
but we have used our best judgment, and hope and arc willing that others 
may do better. 

Our dates are given strictly according to the records; and if we have 
not double dated sometimes between the Lst of Jan. and the 25th of March, 
it is because the record is not so dated. Having used no abbreviations 
not obvious from their situation, no explanation is deemed necessary. 

To the Ilonrd. Gournr. the Deputy Gournr. together with the rest of the honrd. 
magistrates & house ofDeputyes. Assembled in General! court at Boston 
this nineteenth day of October, 1664. The Petition oil' the Inhabitants of 
Dorchester: Humbly shewetb : 
First of all That wee doe acknowledge it witli all Thankfullncss to God & to 
yourselues as a urcat mercy, that the Lord was pleased to put it into yor harts in 
your late session to expresse & declare, That it is yor resolution (god assisting) to 
beare faith& true Alegiance vnto bis majesti ye, And to adhere vnto our Patent 
the dutyes and priuilidges thereof, soe dearly obtained & soe long enjoyed by 
vndoubted right in the sight of god ^ men: Likwise we doeacknowledgitafauor 
bom god in directing The Ilonrd Counsill in a late meeting oftheers at Boston to 
giue forth such a declaration wherin they doe recite the sence of sundry perticu- 
lers, what or power and priuilidges arc granted to va in the said patent, as this is 
one tint, full power & authority is -ranted to this collonye for making and execut- 
ing all lawea for the gourment of this people not repugnant to the lawes of Eng- 
land, Another is that it shall be lawful! for this gournmnl by all fitting rneanes & 
if need bee by force of ami"- to detfend orselues against all such as -hall attempt 
tin' detriment or anoyance of this plantation or the inhabitants thereof; some lawes 
they recite that are established ,sc printed in reference to the former, i. e. to vphold 
& maintaine the said gouerment 

All which considered it is our humble request vnto this Ilonrd Court, That as 
you baue expressed & declared your resolution, to adhere to ye patent 6c ye privi- 
lidges thereof, tor there may be a constancy therein & noe declining from the 
same. Sot von know how vncomfortable &dishonrable it would be first to expresse 
Buch a resolution as affore mentioned, & afterward to act contrary, wch wee hope is 
tarre from yor intention. Ami we pray god that such a thing may neuer bee. It is 
well known how his Royall majesy by letters to this collony doth confirmethe said 
pattent & charter, & promiseth that wee shall Injoy all the libertyes 6: priuilidges 
granted in & by the same, wch may be a further & great in<ouragmt to yorseluesto 
adhere to your protTessed resolution, & to take courage by your authority & wis- 
dome, that all the people within this jurisdiction may also doe the same. 

Next of all, full power being granted by the patant for making & executing all 
lawes not repugnant to the lawes of England, some one of the lawes here estab- 



8 Old Dorchester. 

lished being this : That noe injustice shall bee put vpon any church officer or 
member, In point of doctrine worship or Discipline, whether for substance or sir- 
cumstance besides the Institutions of the Lord Therfor it is our Humble request 
that the liberty of or churches & faithfull ministry in this collony may bee still 
continued, without the imposition of any such Injunction not ordained of god, wch 
consciences truly tender would be troubled withall, but that as hitherto our churches 
& ministers haue bine freed from such human Inuentions & impositions, soe they 
may bee still, it being well knowne to the world that to be freed therefrom was 
one spetiall cause that nioued many to remoue from their deare natitie country 
Into this wilderness, & how lamentable & grieueous it would bee to be here bur- 
dened & encombered againe with such matters is easy for any to Judge. 

Thirdly, The patent expresly granting that the yeilding & pajng of the fift part 
of theoare of gold & siluer shal be for & in respect of all dutyes & demands & ser- 
uices wtsoeuer, Therfore we humbly Intreat that the Inhabitants of this collony may 
not bee vrged & compelled to make any other pajmts but what is by patent exspres- 
sed, vnto any person or persons wtsoeur but such as doe here reside & dwell, & are by 
the country chasen to labor amongst vs in this church & ciuil gouermt. for the low 
estate & condition whervnto the chardg of this wilderness worke & the afflicting 
prouidences of god haue brought many vnto is knowne to bee such, that small por- 
tions & sallaryes euen much below there deserts are afforded to many that labor 
amongst vs both in church & comon wealth, And therefore to impose further 
taxes & paiments on the country wch the patent requireth not but freeth vs from, 
seemeth to bee difficult vnreasonable if not impossible to bee borne, & therfor we 
humbly desire it may be preuented 

Much honerd we haue none other on earth to flee vnto but yourselues into whose 
hands vnder god wee haue comitted the care & presentation of all our pretious 
things, hoping that this great trust by god & his people by you shalbe duly 
obserued : we also engage orselfe to assist as we haue hitherto with or persons & 
estates so farre as the Lord shall enable vs. vnto whom we also pray for his spetiall 
guidance & grace to be with you in this soe great a work.* 

[Fn our copy of the names, we have adhered exactly to the original, noting 
wherever there is uncertainty in what is said afterwards. For the sake of conveni- 
ence of reference they have been set in alphabetical order, the numbers a«ainst 
them showing their precedence on the original paper. By which it would seem 
that no order of rank was aimed at in procuring the subscribers. Who drew up 
the Petition does not appear, and it is difficult to say whether it be in the hand- 
writing of any one of the signers or not.] 

93 Andrews, Thomas, sen.* 20 Bradley, William 15 Clap, Nehemiah 

94 Andrew, Thomas, junr. 74 Browne, Edmond G9 Clap, Samuel f 

28 Baall, ffranees 24 Capen, Barnard 102 Clap, William, senr. 

60 Ball, Mathew 79 Capen, John, sen.* f 47 Cumin, David 
101 Baker, John 8 Capen, John, Jr. 1 Curtis, Richard 

78 Baker, Richard * 23 Capen, Samuell 45 Dier, George * 

12 Bird, Thomas f 51 Clapp, Nicholas * 2 Davenport,Thomas,sen 

22 Burd, iosph 10 Clap, Ebenezer 4 Davenport, Thomas jun 

33 Blackmail, John 50 Clap, Edmund * 30 Elder, Daniel 

98 Blake, James f 7 Clap, Ezra 71 Euens, Mathias 

5 Blake, Will * 11 Clap, Increase 99 Euens, Richard 

64 Boulton, Nicolas VR 13 Clap, Nathaniell 43 Fisher, Anthony, sen. 

* There was a similar Petition by the inhabitants of Roxbury, dated 25th 8th 1664, 
headed by the venerable Eliot. The other names were John Bowles, the mark of 
Edward Bridg, Phillip Torrey, Robert Pepper, the mark of Fetter Gardner, Samvell 
Williams, Samvu II Scarbrow, John Franklyn, the mark of Thomas Waterman. Joseph Griggt s, 
Sam ml May, the mark of Nicholas Williams, the mark of Joseph Wilsion, I 'firistopt r I '< ekt . 
William Lion, Moses Crajffs, Daniell Eynsworth, [thus far autographs. The following 
are all in Mr. Eliot's hand] Abraham Newell sen., Samuel Finch, Samuel Ruggles, Hugh 
Clark, John Clark, Uzijah Clark, Thomas Foster, Robert Prentice, Tsaek N ml. John Pepper, 
William Cutis, Tsaak Curtis, Samuel Davis, Abraham How, John Tot man. Join Bridg, 
Jabesh Totman, John Lyon, Robert Harris, James Frizal, John Mays, senr.. John Nuefl. 

They " request the honored Court, both magistrates & Deputyes to stand fast in or 
prsnt libertys"; & they would pray the Lord •' to assist them to stere right in these 
shaking times." 



Old Dorchester. 



SI Foster, Hopestill, jr. 


80 


7 7 Foster, Timothy | 


85 


t'> Frances, Richard 


38 


65 < Sorge, Nickolas 


7."> 


62 Gurnell, John -J 


•J.") 


54 Hall, Richard 


91 


97 Hewens, Jacob 


1 l 


l(j Hawes, Eleazer 


48 


92 Hawes, Jeremiah 


3D 


l- Hill, Johnathan 


95 


19 Hill, Samuell 


9 


88 Hinshaw, Joshua 


76 


21 Homes, Nathanell 


:•_) 


61 How, Abraham 


st; 


27 Humfry, Samuell 


7:; 


- 1 Hoss, Obadiah f 


100 


84 Humfrey, James f 


87 


8l Joanes, Dauid 


49 


58 Joins, [sack 


08 


46 June-;. Thomas t 


66 


G3 Lake, Thomas + 


59 


90 Leeds, Beniamin f 


44 



Loeds,Richt :17 
Lvon, Peter 

father, Richard *t 7 " 

Mawdesley, Thomas 4 1 

Maxfeild, Samuell 29 

Maxfilld, Clement 53 
Meed, [sreall 

BJede Gabriel 96 

Minot, George * 3 

Naramoore, Thomas 1 7 

Paull, Samuell*f 36 

Pole, William t 67 

Pond, \N* illiam 34 

Pope, Thomas 42 

Preston, Daniell f 55 

Procer, Samvull 57 

Robinson, James 26 

Robinson, William 56 
Rush, Jasper 

Sauage, Edward 10 

Searll, Roberl 88 
Smith, John *x niar ^ 32 



Swiii. Obadiah 
Swift, Thomas * f 
Spur. Rol ei t 
Stoughton, Will f 
Sumner, William * 
Tapplej . Clement O. 
Tilston, Thomas * f 

Tolman, Thomas 
T pliff, Samuell t 
Ti i -■ oi. Samuell 
Triscote, William t 
Trot, Thomas f 
Turenr, William 
Way, Henry * 

\\ aj . Samuel 
Weekes, Amiel f 

Weekes, Joseph 
Weekes, William 

White, .lames 

Withington, Henry * 
Withington, Richard 
Wiswefl, Enoke \ 



Andrews. Thomas, one of the 95 inhabs. in 1637 among whom Don h. Neck was 
divided; bailiff 1660 ; will 6 Aug. 1667, d. 20: 3:1667; wf. Ann d. 13 .Jan. 1684 ; son 
Thomas, da. Susanna Hopkins. 

Andrews, Thomas, jun.m. Phebe Gourd 31: Mi: 1667 : d.6Aug. 1704; eh. Thomas 
b. 31 : lo: 1668; Joseph, 25 Dee. 1G75, d. 28>>'ov. 1732; Thankful, b. 1 May. 1680; John 
July (last week) it 86. 

Atherton, Humfbey. -This year [1661]Diedye Honble. Major General Humph- 
rey Atherton: upon whose Tomb i- written as Follows. [Vol. ii. 382.] Note. h\ ye Re- 
corders it was ye 17th day [of Sept] He was killed by a tall from his Horse at ye So 
end of Ilo>ton'as he wa> eoinin- homewards (Ithinkin ye Evening) his Horse either 
Running over, or Btarting at a Cow that lay down in ye way." Blake's Annals of 
Dorchr.21-2. Hi- eh. are given bj Farmer, to which we add. that Thankful m. Thomas 
Bird (of Dr.) 2: 2: 1665; Mary m. Joseph Weeks, 9 : 7: 1667; Consider, m. Anna 
Anihall. 19: 10: 1671 : Watching, in. Elizabeth Bigbie, 23 Jan. 1678. 

Bakes, Richard, freem. 18 May. 1642, m. Faith, dau. Henry Withington, who d.3 
Feb.1688-9; oneofthe Raters 1647, 1650, 1660; selectm. 1653, constable 1663, d. 25 
Oct 1689; Ch. Hannah, b. 9 : 11: 1662, m. John Wis wall, 5 May, 1685; wil!7 Oct.1689, 
sons John, James, dau. Thankful, wf. of William Grigs, & dan. Elizabeth Prat. 

Bakes, John, son of Richard, m. Preserved, dau. of Thomas Trott, 1 1 : 5: 1667, d. 
26Atii. r 1690; shed. 25 Nov. 1711 ; eh. Sarah, b. 12 :5: 1668 ; Mary. 10: 9 : 1670, d. 
20 : 11 : 1670; John. b. 25 : 9: 1671 ; James. 4 Aug. 1674; Mary. 24 Aug. 1676 : Thank- 
ful, 13 April, lt',7'.<: Hannah. 22 July, 1682, d. 9 Aug. 1683; Elizabeth, b. Is July, 
Hannah. 11 July 1687, d. 12 Nov. 1690; Abijah, 25 Feb. 1690; invent. 6 Dee. 
1690, £604, 10s. Among the freem. from 1634 to L678 are seven John Bakers; two of 
them were of Don heater. John Baker of Boston, smith, m. Thankful, da. of Hope- 
still Foster. 8:11: 1663 : ch. John, b. 26 Feb. 1064 ; Silence, d. 28 : 5 : 1666; '1 hank- 
ful, wid. d. 27 Jan. 1697-8 se. 58. John Baker's will, 26 Mar. 1666, mentions son 
Thomas & da. Elizabeth ; invent 3 July, 1666, £895 19s. John Ba a r, m Joan. da. of 
Thomas Swift, 5 : 9 : 1G.">7; she d. 21 July, 1663; ch. Thomas, b. 12 Feb. 1653; John. 
d. 25 : 4 : 1654 ; Samuel, h. 16 Apl. 1655 j Nathaniel, 4 ApL 1656 ; John, 17 July, L658, 
d. 25 May, 1659; Elizabeth, b. 26 June, 1660. 

Ball,Fbaki ts, in. Abigail Salter. 27 : 1 1 : 1663 ; ch. John. b. 15 : 2: 1665, d. 14:7: 
1666: Abigail, b. 14 :6: 1607: Francis, 21 :12: 1669; Benjamin, 30 Aug. 107a: Abigail 
Ball, d. 19 Mar. 172.1-4. 

Bate, James, freem. 7 Dee. 1636, selcet man 1637, '38, '51 : wf Alice, d. 14: 6: 1657. 
See present vol. p. 297-8. 
Bird, Thomas, tanner, bailiff 1654, wf. Ann. who d. 20 Aug. 1673; will 12 July, 
d. 8 June 1667; invenl 6997 lls.5d; eh. Thomas, b. 4 : 3 : 1640, m. Thankful, 
dau. Maj. Humphry Atherton, 2:2: 161 a. 1709, 83. ab. 69; she d. 11 April, 

L 71 9, having had 11 ch., inventory (10 I W I Is. 5d, of which 

man servant"' makes £45, & a Negro "maid servant"', £3U : John, b. 11 : 1 : 1641, ui. 



10 Old Dorchester. 

Elizabeth , who d. 20 Oct. 1724, va. 77; he d. 2 Aug. 1732, in his 91st year; 

James, Sarah, d. 24: 2 : 1669 ; Joseph, d. 26 : 7 : 1665. 

Bird, Joseph, husbandman, wf. Johannah ; he d. 9 Mar. 1711 ; inventory, £232 10s; 
ch. Joseph, b. 28 May, 1698 ; Aaron, 28 Aug. 1690 ; Comfort, 3 Feb. 1701-2. 

Blackman, John, bailiff, 1662, freem.3 May, 1665 ; wf. Sarah ; he d. 28 April, 1675 ; 
invent. 28 May, 1675, .£292, 7s, 2d ; ch. John, b. 10 : 6 : 1656 ; Jonathan, 1 : 11 : 1658; 
Joseph, 27 :4: 1661; Benjamin, 25 : 10: 1665; Adam, 9 :10: 1670; Abraham, 8 Feb. 
1674, d. 5 Oet. 1681. 

Blake. William, b.in Eng. ab. 1594 ; wf. Agnes ; frecm. 14 Mar. 1638-9 ; select-man 
1645 '47 & '51 ; "Recorder for ye Town, Clerk of ye Writs for ye Co. of Suffolk," 1656, 
& continued in the office ab. 8 years, when he d. 25 : 8 : 1663; will 3 Sept. 1661, by 
which he gives "vnto ye towne of Dorchester 20s. to be bestowed for ye Repairing of ye 
Buring place so yt swine & other vermine may not Anoy ye graues of ye saints" ; his 
wid. Agnes d. 22 July, 1678. He left 5 children. 

Blake, James, son of William, b. in Eng. 1623, frecm. 1652; wf. Elizabeth d. 16 Jan. 
1693-4, in her 61st year; he was sclcctm. 13 yrs., deacon, &c. d. 28 June, 1700, in his 
77th year. The house which he built is yet standing; will 26 June, 1700; invent. 
£473 ; his son James who m. 1st Hannah Macy, 6 Feb. 1681, was the father of James, 

author of the valuable "Annals of Dorchester," by his wife Ruth ; John, b. 16 : 1 : 

1656-7; wf.Mary; Elizabeth, b. 3 :8: 1658; William, 4 : 5 : 1659 ; Jonathan, 12 : 5 : 
1660; Sarah, 28 : 12: 1665, d. 22 :3 : 1666; Joseph, b. 27 :6: 1667; Elizabeth, 10 Nov. 
d. 2 :9: 1682 ; Hannah, 16 Sept. 1685. 

Boulton, Nicholas, freem. 29 May, 1644 ; wf. Elizabeth; ch. John, Elizabeth, who 
in. Experience Willis, 25 Oct. 1676. — On Dorchester records we read, "12 : 7 : 1664. 
Whereas there was a motion made by Nicholas Bolton vnto the Select men for his 
wifes drawing & selling of Sydcr, we the Select men doe not approue of it". And, " 9 : 
1 : 1669-70. It was pposed to ye Towne whether they would Grant liberty to Nicholas 
Boulton to sell Sider or Victuall in a way of Common Entertainment, either Sabotb 
day or elce: ye Vote was in ye Negatiue". He petitioned again in 1671, and was again 
refused. Will, nuncupative, 24 May, 1683. He d. three days after, viz. 27 May, 1683 ; 
inventory, 23 July, .£142 18s 3d; wf. Elizabeth, executrix. 

Bkeck, Edward. [What follows of this original emigrant's descendants, is given, 
as well to correct the account in our second volume, as to add some important facts to 
the pedigree. To Joseph Breck, Esq. of Boston, we are indebted for valuable MSS. 
and to the Hon. Samuel Breck of Philadelphia for some important and interesting 
items, concerning the branch to which he belongs ; yet we are obliged to add, that our 
materials are far from being all that is desirable, especially in the early part, of the 
Breck family: being both deficient and conflicting; and calling for those ad- 
verbs before mentioned quite too often. Indeed we have been as sparing as we 
could of these terms, and if we have made wrong statements, we can only say we 
have used our documents with the best judgment we could.] 

Edward Breck, m. Isabell, wid. of John Rigbie, prob. his 2d. wf. ; she m. 2d. An- 
thony Fisher, who d. in Roxhtiry, 18 April, 1671, in his 80 year ; Ch. Robert 2 , prob. b. 
in Eng. freem. 1649, settled in Boston, wf. Sarah, & had ch." Sarah 1 , b. 19 April, 1655 ; 
Robert', b. 24 June, 1658, wf. Joanna. — Joanna 4 , b. 12 June 1681, & Robert', 30 April, 
1683, may have been the ch. of this Robert 8 & Joanna. — John' 2 (next of the ch. of Ed- 
ward 1 ) b. 1651, captain, &c. lived in D.. wf. Susanna; Mary 2 , who m. Samuel Paul, 9: 

11 : 1660 ; Elizabeth 2 , m. to John Minot of D.: Susannah 2 , in. to John Harris, 20 Mar. 
1674. He may have been her 2d husband, for she, or one of her sisters, prob. had a 
husband named Blake, as her father provides in his will for " the ch. of his da. Blake". 
— Capt. John B 2 . had ch. Jemima 3 , b. 17 April, 1672, m. Benj. Blackman; Edward", 
b. 7 April, 1674, liv'din D. ensign, m. Susanna Wiswall. 1 Apl. 169S, d. 3 Sept. 1713, 
re. 39; invent. £2017 10s.; Elizabeth 3 , b. 20 Sept. 1676, m. Nathaniel Butt. 16 Sept. 
1698, he who prob. d. of sm. pox in D. 1721 ; Susanna 3 , b. 9 Nov. 1678, m. John Tol- 
man; John 3 , b. 22 Dec. 1680, settled in Boston, cooper, merchant, &c. m. Ann Pattes- 
hall, 11 Nov. 1703, liv'd near the Old North Chh. d. 1713; Robert 3 , b. 18 Dec. 1682, 
minister of Marlborough [see former vol.]; Nathaniel 3 , b. 1 Dec. 1684. joiner, m. 
Martha Ireland, 11 Mar. 1711, " who, as he was passing over the Swin? Bridsre, in a 
dark night, 20 Oct. 1736, fell into the Town Dock & was drowned"; Hannah 3 , b. 22 
Nov. d. 23 Dec. 1686; Hannah 3 , b. 17 Feb. 1688, m. Ebenezer Devotion, stiled clerk ; 
Samuel, cooper. — Ensign Edward B 3 . had by Susannah Wiswall. Edward*, b. 24 Feb. 
1709, lived in D. in. prob. 1st Sarah, da. Samuel Williams, who d. 31 Aug. 1764, & 2d, 
Alice Foster, bed. 4 June, 1786. re. 77; Elizabeth 4 , who m. Joseph Bass; Mary 4 ; 
Hannah 4 ; Susannah 4 , m. to Daniel Loring.— Ch. of Edward 4 by Sarah W. ; Edward 5 , 
b. 2 June, 1738, lived in D. m. Mary Davis, d. 30 June, 1767, 83. 29; his wid. m. John 
Baker of Roxbury ; he left Jonathan , Edward 6 , & Joseph", as mentioned in our 2d. 
vol. ; Jonathan 6 , the eldest, m. Patience Dunton (now living, re. 86 nearly) removed to 
Union, Me. in 1820, d. there in 1830, aj. 67; these were the parents of Joseph B 7 . Esq., 
one of our authorities as before mentioned. A sister of Edward"', Sarah 5 , b. 27 June, 



Old Dorchester. H 

1736, in. James Robinson of P. & there were other ch. but, they d. young.— John 
Breck 8 , of Boston, cooper, merchant, &c, had by Ann Patteshall, John 4 , who had a wf. 
Margaret, he was an extensive merchant, had a warehouse " near < llarke's \\ harf," at 
rth End, 1734 to 1747; his wharf is mentioned in L752, & in L 758 he had a part- 
ner, Robert Brack [who was he ?] ; his mansion house was in Ship St.; he d. in L761, 
leaving estate £2767 6s. Bd. Be (John 8 ) probably had other ch. The ch. of J< \m* by 

Margaret were Margaret 6 , who m. Nichols; Abigail 6 , m. Lillie; Elizabeth 6 ; 

Ann* m. — Cruff, who was the father of Mr. Edward Cri i i of Temple PI. Boston; 

William 6 , b. 2 Apl. 1745, m. da. of Dr. William Thomas of Plymouth, hardware 

merch. in Boston before the revolution, Settled in Claremont, N . II.. « 1 1819; he left, 
besides other ch. James, Esq. 6 , living at Rochester in N. Y. in 1849, ai the age oi 69; 
Samuel 6 , b. ti Apl. 1747, an opulent merchant of Boston, m. Hannah, only da. of Bcnj. 
Andrews of B.& had ch. Hon. Samuel B 6 . of Philadelphia, (before mentioned.) b. L7 
July, 1771, (his father having removed to Philad. in 1792) Hannah 6 , wife of the Hon. 
.: | George 6 ,nou living in Bristol, Pa. . Daniel 6 , b. 28 July, L743,grad.at 

Princeton, N. J, a clergyman in Vermont, d. Aug. 1845, as. 97; he left a son, Daniel 8 , 

now one of the thre< judges of the suprem art of Kentucky, lives in Richmond in 

that State.— Two of the dans 7 , of George 6 of Bristol, are the wives of the brothers, 
Aspinwall, ofthe noted firm of Rowland & Aspinwalls, X. ?.— One of the Bisters of 
Samuel nd-mother of the Hon. Roreri G.Shaw ofB.; another, of the Hon. 

Judge 1\\ .—Rev. Robert 8 of Marlboro' was fa. of Rev. Robert 4 of Springfield, who m. 
Eunice, da. Rev. Daniel Brewer; shed.l2Aug. 1767,83.60. Robert of Northampton , 
Ms. was son of Rev. Robert* of Springfield, who besides other eh. had John 6 , who m. 
Clarisa, da. of Rev. Thomas Allen of Pittsfield; John 1 ', had by Clarisa A., among other 
ch. Theodore 1 of Brecksville, Cayuga Co. N.Y.— The Rev. Robert 8 of Marlboro' had, 
besides Rev. Robert 1 of Springfield, Samuel 4 , M. D.[See Vol. ii.| & a da 4 , wf. of the Rev. 
Ebenczer Parkman of Westboro', Ms. ancestor of the respectable family of the name 
in Boston. 

Browne, Edmund, freem. 22 May. 1650. d. (probably) 23 Sept. 1682; ch. Elizabeth, 
b.3:10: 1658; Samuel, 15 :5: 1661.— Edmund, Boston, " sope boyler", 1687. — Ed- 
mund, m. Elizabeth Oklye, Boston, 14 : 12: 1653; ch. Mary, h. 15 Dec 1656; John, 9 
Oct 1660; Elisha, 16 Sept. 1685. 

Butler, Nicholas, freem. 14 Mar. 1638-9; on the 15 :8: 1651, he deputed his son 
John his attorney, went to Marthas Vineyard where he died leaving several children. 

His wife was Joice . The first Simon Athearn m. his grand daughter. 

Capen, Barnard, freem. 25 May. I «;:i0. For this patriarch's family Record See 
vol. ii. p. 80— vol. v. p. 240, also vol.'i. p. 137. 

Capen, John, ben. .-on of Barnard, b. 26 Jan. 1612; freem. 14 May. 1634; m. 1st 
Redegon Clap, 2d, Mary Bass. See Record before referred to, (vol.ii. p. 80,) to which 
we are aide to add, ch. Joseph, b. 20 : 10 : L658, pastor of the chh. in Topsfield ; Hannah, 
b. 1 :8: 1662: Elizabeth, b. 29 :10: 1666; Samuel, b. 23 :8: 1667; will 11 Sept. 1690, 
mentions son Barnard, deceased, & son Barnard living, who m. Sarah Trott, 2 June, 
1675, d. 2 May, 1691 : sons dame-. & Preserved who m. Mary Pason, 16 May. 1682, who 
d. 20 I let. 1708, i i. 51 : .Lin. Mary, deceased, wf. to James Foster. Mr. Capen was a 
Captain, Deacon, select man. &c. d. 6 April. 1692, in his 80th year. 

Capen, John, jun., b. 21 Oct. 1639 ; freem. 23 May. 1666 ; d. probably, 7 Aug. 1681, 
or 4 April, 1692 ; m. Susanna Barsham, 19 :9: 1663; ch. Susanna, b. 16:7: 1604; 
Samuel. 23 :8: 1667; Thankful, 22 : 2 : 1669 ; Sarah, 9 : 10 : 1670 ; Dorothy. 13: 
8: d. 27 :9: 1672; Dorothy, h. 16 : 7 : 1673: Purchase, 14 Nov. 1675; Nathaniel, 
1 Oct. 1677, d. 29 Nov. 1682; Elizabeth, d. 17 Apl. 1680; Elizabeth, b. 21 Mar. 1682. 

Capen, Sami el, son of John sen. b. at Brantry, 29 July, 1648; freem. 9 Jan. 1673-4; 
in. Susanna Payson, 9:2: 1673 ; ch. Samuel, b. 1 :12: 1673, d. 5 : 4 16 74 ; Samuel, b. 
4 Nov. 1675, d.6 Jan. 1676; Hopestill.b. 13 Oct. 1677; Mary, 2:; Sept. 1679; Ebenezer, 
30 April. 1682, d. l Nov. 1682 : Edward, b. 24 Sept. 1683 ; Nathaniel, d. 29 Nov. 1682; 
Samuel, b. 1 Mar. 1686; Susanna, 10 Nov. L688, Jabish, 3 Mar. 1689-90, d. same daj ; 
Jonathan.!.. 17 Mar. 1691; Susanna, 5 Sept. 1693: Hannah. 1 Mar. 1695-6; John. 19 
June. 1696. Probably by a second wife was Samuel, son of Samuel and Anne. b. 6 
July. 1698. 

CLAP, ROGER, was one of the most noted and valuable men of his time. lie was 
one ofthe first company who came to Dorchester in 1630, and one of the few original 
settlers who has left an account of themselves and families to their posterity. The 
Rev. Thomas Prince edited his memoirs, and gave the work to the public in 1731 ; to 
which was added, u A short Account of the Author and his family. Written by on* that 
'. It isunnecessary to add that Mr. Prince vastly enriched those 
Memoirs ; and for our present purpose it is only necessary to refer to them. They are 
now obtainable by all who may desire them, in a neat and beautiful edition, issued by 
Mr. David Clapp, Jr.. in 1844.— Cap t ROGER CLAP was b. 6 April, 1609, d. 2 Feb. 
1690-1, a). 82 ; will 19 Nov. 1690. 



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Clap, Nicholas, son of Richard of England. — See Memoirs of Roger Clap, p. 10, and 
Blake's Annals. Inventory of his estate 25 : 10 : 1679, .£6-25 15s 7d. 

Clap, Edward, elder brother of Capt. Roger, will 3 Jan. 1664, d. 8th of the same j 
inventory €794 15s 3d ; debts £113 2s 7d— See p. 98, ante. 

Ci.Ar, Ebenezer, son of Nicholas, settled in Milton; wf. Elizabeth; he d. 30 Julv, 
1712, in ye 69tli year of his age; she d. 20 Dee. 1701. He left no descendants. 

Clap, Nathaniel, son of Nicholas, a "choice man"; ch. Nathaniel, h. 21) : 11 : 1668 : 
John, 7 : 2:1671 ; Jonathan, 31 :6: 1673; Elizabeth, 22 May, 1676; Ebenezer, 25 Oct. 
1678. 

Clap. Ezra, son of Edward, removed to Milton. 

Clap, Increase, probably son of Thomas, and nephew of Nicholas. 

Clap, Neiiemiaii, son of Edward, ch. Edward, b. 20 Dec. 1678; Edward, 9 Dec. 
1680; Submit, 2 Aug. 1688: Mehitable, 3 Aug. 1684; will 19 Mar. 1683-4; d. 2 April, 
1684; inventory (8 May. 1664) £341 Is. 

Clap, Samuel, son of Roger; eh. John, b. 16 : 4: 1664; Samuel, 6 :6: 1668; Experi- 
ence, 28 :5 : 1670 ; Return, 1 1 May, 1675 ; John, 8 May, 1677; Elizabeth, 12 Julv, 1679 ; 
Hannah, 13 Sept. 1681. 

Clarke, Thomas, freem. 14 Mar. 1638-9; wf. Mary ; ch. Mehitable, b. 18:2: 1640, 

who m. Warren; Elizabeth, b. 22 :3 : 1642, m. Elislia Hutchinson, grandfather of 

Gov. Thomas H. She was his 2d wife, and he was her 2d husband. Her 1st was John 
Freake. Major Thomas Clarke was a man of great note in his time, and an inter- 
esting biography might be written of him. He was a large proprietor of eastern lands, 
and a sufferer by the Indians, from whom he made a most narrow escape when the 
lamented Capt. Lake lost his life by them. His 2d will, Boston, 15 Aug. 1679 ; left a 
large estate ; his legacies amounted to upwards of £3000. 

Clark e, Willi am, freem.; wf. Sarah; ch. Sarah, b. 21 :4: 1638; Jonathan, 1 :8 : 1639; 
Nathaniel, 27 :11: 1641 ; Experience, 30 : 1 : 1643; William, 3:5: 1656; Sarah, 19 :1: 
1658-9. 

Clement, Augustine, wf. Elizabeth; ch. Joanna, b. 19:9: 1638; John, 21 : 8: 

39; Samuel, m. Deborah •; Elizabeth, m. Sumner. — Augustine and Samuel, 

sons of Samuel and Deborah, bap. at 0. S. Chh. Boston, 2 May, 1675; also Rebecca, 
dau. of Samuel, 7 July, 1678; will (of Augustine C.) 30 Jan. 1671; d. 1 Oct. 1674; 
estate in Dorchester," £776 19s 3d; in Boston, £173 4s 6d. total, £950 3s 9d. Son 
Samuel, m. Hannah, da. of Madit Jugs of Boston, 2:5: 1657; she d. 9 Apl. 1658. 

Collacot, Richard, freem. 4 Mar. 1632-3; wf. Thomazin ; ch. Experience, b. 29: 
7 : 1641, m. Miles ; Dependence, b. 5:5: 1643 ; Ebenezer, b. 6 Sept. 1659 ; Eben- 
ezer, b. 24 June, 1661 ; will 16 April, 1686; da. Bethia C. ; gr.-sons, Richard and 
Samuel C. ; da. Elizabeth, wf. of Richard Hall of D. There was a Sergeant " Cul- 
acut" nnder Capt. Stoughton in the Pequot war, probably our Richard. See p. 98, 
ante. 

Cumin, David, d. 12 Dec. 1690 : Elizabeth C. d. 13 Nov. 1689. 

Curtis, Richard, wf. Elizabeth, ch. Elizabeth, b. 17 : 5 : 1643 ; Mrs. Curtis d. 28 : 3 : 

1657; Mr. Curtis m. Sarah , 25 : 7 : 1657 ; ch. Isaac, b. 17 : 4 : 1658; Joseph, 4:7: 

1661. 

Davenport, Thomas, sen. freem, 18 May, 1642 ; wf. Mary, d. 4 Oct. 1691 ; he 'd. 
9 or 19 Nov. 1685 ; dau. Sarah, b. 28 : 10 : 1643 ; sons Thomas, John, Charles, Jona- 
than, b. 6:1: 1658-9. m. Hannah Mancr, 1 Dec. 1680; Ebenezer, b. 26 : 2 : 1661; son- 
in-law Samuel Jones, and dau. Mary, wf. of Samuel Maxfield ; will 24 July, 1683. In- 
ventory 4 Feb. 1685, £332 16s 8d son Charles executor. — A Preserved Devenport, d. 
4:2: 1659; a Mehitabel, dau. of Thomas, b. 14 :12 : 1656. 

Davenport, Thomas, jun. husbaudm. " caled forth to the wares": will 28 : 11: 1675; 
brother Charles and sister Sarah, unm. ; inventory 4 Jan. 1675, £112 6s. 

Deeble, Robert, freem. 6 May, 1635, went to Windsor, Ct. 

Dickerman, Thomas, freem. 14 Mar. 1638-9 ; ch. Thomas, d. 3 : 11 : 1657 ; Isaac, 
d. 9mo. 1637. 

Duncan, Natiia. freem. 6 May, 1635; wf. Elizabeth. They joined the 1st Chh. 
Boston, 7:1: 1646. Oct. 1660, " the Court Considering his present Condition and for- 
mer Service," granted him 500 acres of land. Estate adin. on 26 Jan. 1668 ; amt. £16 
3s. 6d. 

Dyer, George, freem. 18 May. 1631 ; wf. Elizabeth ; will 30 Dee. 1671 ; invent. 29 
June, 1672, £425 4s 6d ; ch. Elizabeth, wf. of William Trescott : Mary, wf. of William 
Bond; son-in-law James White. 

Elder, Daniel. " Scotsman", m. Lydia Homes, 12:1: 1666-7 ; d. 4 May, 1692 ; she 
d 5 Sept. 1689. 

Evans, RicnARD, eldest son of Richard the freem. of 10 May, 1643; estate valued 
11 : 12: 1661, £170 2s 6d ; wf. probably named Marv ; dau. Mary, b. 19 : 11 : 1640; son 
Matthias, b. 11 : 12: 1643.— Samuel Hicks m. Hannah Evans of D. 27 : 7 : 1665.— Na- 
than Bradley m. Mary Evans, 17:5: 1666. — Richard, son of Richard the elder had a 
son Richard, b. 8 : 12 : 1669 ; a dau. Mary, b. 30 : 9 : 1671, d. 1 Sept. 1672 ; Mary, 2d b. 



Old Dorchester. 13 

B Jane, L673; Rebecca, 82 Oct. 1676; Thomas, 31 Aug. 1078; Matthias, 26 May, 1682; 
John, 9 March, 1687 8 

l'.\ Iks, Matthias, house carpenter; m. 1st, Patience Mede, 28 2: 1669 ; she d. 22 : 

8: L670; be m. 2dly, Susanna : ch. Susanna, b. 1<> : 6 : 1673 ; Hannah, 22 Aug. 

1678; Ebenezer, 21 Jan. 1679. Mr. Evans sold James Barber of I), house and 
land. 26 May, 1679, and moved to Medfield ; inventory, 27 Nov. l » , s 4 . £152 4s. 

Farnham, John, frcem. 13 May, L640, wf. Elizabeth, ch. Jonathan, b. 16 : 11 : 1638; 
Hannah. 9 : 9: 1642; Joanna, 3 : 1 : 1644.— Mr. Farnham was of Boston 2d Church, 
5 June, 1650. — There was a John F.memb. 1st Chh. Boston, 19 : L2 1670; also one 
<>(' the 1st Baptist Chh. about 1666.— The seven members who united to form the 2d 
Chh. in Boston (5 June L650) were Michael Powell, James Ashwood, Christopher 
Gibson, John Phillips, George Davis, Michael Wills and John Farnham; all of Dor- 
chester, except Powell, Ashwood and Davis. 

There is this passage concerning a "John Farnam," perhaps the same, in Saml. 
Willard's "Briefe Animadversions upon the N. Eng. Anabaptists." | Ito. Boston, 1681 ) 
p. is — ■• Relating to John Farnum, we have him confessing guilty in some things, 
acknowledging a defect, but would not have it thought wilful nor such as any church 
in their imperfection may not easily fall into." " It was long itc lie could obtain Ad- 
mi- -ion into the < Ihurchat Dorchester : & some discerning Christians ever suspected him 
to be such an one as he after proved. Thai he was deputed by them for a Deacon & 
vet neither the present Teacher; nor any that have been added to the Church tl 
years, cither deputed or thought him fit for that office : And whereas there is hut one 
surviving of the founders of that Church, he professeth there is never a syllable of truth 

in that report." 

The church members seem to have given themselves a great deal of trouble about 
him. A " third Church meeting was held on his account, 16 Oct 1665." En Decem- 
ber he was np again, and again Buffered to go on probation, but he grew more and 
more out with the brethren ; and from a petition of his lie appears to have hcen im- 
prisoned and sentenced to be banished for heresy. 
Farnwori m, Josi in, freem. 14 Mar. 1638-9 : d. 12:11: 1659 ; 1st wf. Elizabeth 

; eh. Maw. b. 80 : 1 : L637, m. Abraham Ripley; Hannah, b. 14 : 10 : 1638, m. 

Simon Peck; Rebecca, b. 2:11: 1639; Ruth, 3 :4: 1642.— Second wf. wid. Mary 
Long ; will 2 dan. 1659, dan. Elizabeth, wf. of John Manfield ; dan. Ester, son Samuel, 
a minor, eldest son Joseph. 

F.vw i:r. Barnabas, 1st wf. Dinah; son Eliazar m. Mary. da. of Daniel Preston of 
D. 28 May, 1662: 2d wf. Grace Negoose or Negus of 1st Chh. Boston. 10 : 1 : 1643 ; 
will as in p. 305. In 1664 " Eliazer Fawer petitioned ye Court to allow him to sett n 
ye trade of a Cooper in sd towne," which was granted him " provided ythee he found suf- 
ficient in that art, to he tryed by fowre skilfull men in that trade.'' He had one eh: 
will 13 :9: 1665; beinj» '-'hound to sea in the Good Ship Nicolas." His wid. "Mary 
Farre." m. Samuel Jenkins of Scituate, 6 July, 1670. 

Fisher, Anthont, sen. freem. May, 1645: m. Isabel, wid. of Edward Breck, 14:9: 
1663, he d. intestate, 18th April. 1671, in the 80th year of his age; she d. 22 :4 : 167a 
Ensign Daniel Ffisher son of Anthony : also Nathaniel, Cornelius, and Joanna. On 
. r ) :3 : 1662, the town allowed Anthont Feishbr E4 " for killing vs six wolnes." His 
residence was ■• in Mrs. Stoughton's ffarms within the hounds of Dorchester, but yet 
distant about scuen or eight miles from Dorchester meetinghouse, being neere adjacent 
to the towne of Dedham." — The Fisher family were heirs to the estate of elder John 
Wi6Wal, or of certain lands laid out to him " beyond the Blue Hills near Dedham, now 
|17:S7] in Stoughton." The heirs were John Fisher. Joshua Fisher, Daniel Fisher and 
his wf. Esther; Jeremiah Dean and Mary his wife. 

I . . — i ■ i-. Hopebtiel, freem. 22 May, 1639; a Capt wf. Mary, will 19 July. 1676. 
" L'5 towards the free Schoole, to he added to hroiher Gibson's legacy": Ch. Hopestill, 
John, James, (m. Mary Capen 22 Sept. 1674) Elisha (m. Sarah Payson, 10 Apl. 167^) 
Thankful (m. John Baker of Boston) dan. Palenio |'| Browne, and dau. Mary: two 
youngest sons, Comfort b. 2^ : 7 : 1 658, "dyed in the King's Sarvis," 5 Jan. 1688!). and 
Standfast, b. 13:9: 1660. Capt. Foster d. 15 Oct 1676, estate app. 27 :8: 167 
£1402 6s 8d. 

Hon vrn.i. Foster, jnnr. " Sope Boyler," nephew to Christopher Gibson, settled in 
Boston in 1667, (when about 23 yrs. o'f age) wf. "Elizabeth Pason of Boeksberry," 
whom hem. 15:12: 1666; ch. Hopestill, Richard, d. 6 :8: 1663; Samuel, b. 27 Dec. 
1676; Danforth, d. in Dorchester, 14 Aug. 1717. 

1',,-,, l; . Timothy, m. 1st Ruth Denton, 13 Oct. 1663, who d. 5 Dec. 1677 ; ch. Ruth, 
b.4:6:1664; Elizabeth, 8 : 7 : 1667, d. 15 Sept 1676; Naomi, b. 11 :12: L668; Bktberly, 
22 :6 : 1671 ; Rebecca, 12 Sept 1675 ; he m. 2dly Belief Dous, 9 Mar. 1681 : ch. Timo- 
thy, b. B Jan. 1681 : Edward. 22 dan. 1682 : Prudence, 3 : 10 : 1684; Thomas, 3 Nov. 
Elizabeth, 13 Oct. 1688. These last eight ch. were all living at the time of their 
3 



14 Old Dorchester. 

father's death, who made his will 15 Dec. of this year. He was prohahly a carpenter, 
as he gave to " son hatbarly " all his " carpentary tooles of one sort & other." He 
owned land at Scituate. Widow. Relciffe, executrix ; inventory .£127. 15s. 6d. 

Francis, Richard, freem. 13 May, 1640. Among our Suffolk Probate Records we 
find an inventory of the effects of Richard F. of Cambridge, dated 5 April 1687, £62 
19s 6d ; Alice Francis administratrix. 

Gibson, Christopher, " sope boyler," freem. 19 Oct. 1630; selectm. Dorchester, 
1638 and 1642 ; moved to Boston, probably in 1646, as in that year 14 : 6 : he bought 
of David Sellick " half of all belonging to his trade''; was one of the founders of Bos- 
ton 2d Chh. will 12:9: 1674 ; inventory (6:8: 1674) £503 9s 4d ; suppose he had no 
wife or ch. He gave legacies " to the poore of the Chh. of Dorchester, to the poo re of 
the Chh. I doe belong at this day but what estate is left to the free scoole of Dor- 
chester for perpetuity." From this a school fund (of $11,190.41) has accrued, the in- 
terest of which in 1850 amounted to $647.37. A School House very appropriately bears 
the benefactor's name. 

Glouer, John, Captain, Representative, Assistant &c. wf. Ann ; will 11 Apl. 1653 ; 
sons Thomas, Nathaniel, Habackucke, John, Pelatiah, b. 7 mo. 1636. 

Gorge, Nicholas, freem. 1666; wf. Elizabeth; son'Nicholas (he had other ch.) 
grandson Nicholas; will 27 :2: 1675; d. same or the next year; invent. £288 10s; 
Nicholas m. Mary Wales, 4 June, 1684 ; ch. John, Nicholas and Mary. In 1667, there 
being many " Clamorous Reports of misearedges in his house of Common Entertain- 
ment, which he had kept for diners yeers, which is uery sad (if true)" the select men 
investigated the matter, and found the " Reports groundless." He had a licence for 
the same business the year he died, and the next year (1676) his wife was licenced, 
" pvided she doe not draw Cider any more then is pduced out of her owne orchyard." 

Grenaway, John, freem. 18 May, 1631; Mary d. 23 : 11 : 1658; he lived "near 
the burying place." 

Gurnell. John, tanner, freem. 1643; wf. Jane; will 19 : 11: 1673; had brothers 

Richard and George, sisters Ane G. and Clements in England : estate priz'd. 9 : 

6 : 1675, £1648 2s 4d. His wid. m. John Burge. She left a will, 2 Mar. 1677-8 ; land 
entailed on John Mason and his heirs foreuer ; and in case of their death to go to the 
poor of Dorchester. Sec Vol. IV. 166. 

Hall, Richard, wf. Elizabeth ; son Jonathan, b. 8 : 2 : 1659 ; d. 29 Dec. 1719 ; Ex- 
perience, b. 30:11: 1661, m. Helyar; Martha, b. 12 : 6 : 1648, m. Ebenezer 

AVilliams, 18 Sept. 1674; Samuel, b. 1 : 1 : 1651, m. Ruth Hinckley, 6 June, 1681 ; 

Elizabeth, b. 20 : 10 : 1653, m. Wood ; Dependence d. 5 : 6 : 1667 ; Hopestill, b. 

30 : 10 : 1663, d. 24 : 4 : 1664 ; mentions in will, da. Sarah Whittemore, and son Joseph ; 
Left. Hall d. 23 June, 1691 ; invent. 10 Sept. 1691, £614 10s. 6d. His wid. d. 8 Oct. 
1693. 

Ha wes, Richard, freem. 2 May, 1638 ; Bethel, da. of Richard and Anne, b. 27 : 5 : 
1657 ; Deliverance, 11 :4: 1640 ; Constant, 17:5: 1642; inventory, 27 : 11 : 1656, £151 
12s 8d. 

Hoss, Obadiah. This name is no doubt Obadiah Hawes, who was made freem. 23 
May, 1666; wf. Mary, who d. 21 April, 1676 ; ch. Obadiah, b. 20 Aug. 1 663, m. Rebecca 
Cowen 19 Dec. 1693; James, b. 18 : 10 : 1664 ; Mary, 3:8: 1666, d. 13 : 2: 1668; Eben- 
ezer, b. 15 :10: 1668, d. 25 of same mo.; Desire, b. 30 :6: 1670, d. 27 June, 1691; 
Richard, b. 19 : 10 : 1672 : Sarah, 29 : 8 : 1674 ; inventory, 14 Nov. 1690. £384 3s. 7d. 

Hawes, Eleazer, freem. 7 May, 1673, m. Ruth Haines, 23 : 12 : 1669. 

Hawkins, Thomas, freem. 22 May, 1639; lived on Rock Hill, now called Savin Hill, 
where the first fort was built, and where " ye Great Guns" were mounted. This 
was doubtless our Capt. Thomas Hawkins, of whom there is mention in this work, 
Vol. ii. 59-60 ; stiled " Shipwright & Mariner" ; wf. Mary ; ch. Elizabeth who m. Adam 

Winthrop and John Richards ; Abegaile, m. to Samuil Moore, 13 May, 1660, to 

Kellond, and then to John Foster, Esq. of Boston ; Sarah, m. Robert Breck, 4 : 1 1 : 
165.3, then to James Allen of Boston ; Mary m. John Aylet, 21 : 9 : 1654 ; Hannah, b. 
8:4: 1644, m. Elisha Hutchinson, grandfather of Gov. Hutchinson ; Thomas who had 
issue, male and female. MSS. of Mr. T. L. Turner. 

Hewbns, Jacob, ch. Samuel, d. 9:6: 1658 : Mary, b. 9 : 6 : 1660; Hannah, 29 : 2 : 
1665 ; Joseph, 20: 3 : 1668 ; Benjamin, 4:7: 1670 ; he (the father) m. Martha Trescot, 

24 Feb. 1680 ; ch. Mercy, b. 28 Jan. 1681 ; Martha, 1 Oct. 1687 ; (1. 9 Nov. 1711 ; son 
Joseph administered 22 Nov. 1711 ; a wid. Mercy H. d. 12 Mar. 1715-16. 

Hill, Samuel, wf. Martha d. 13 Sept, 1715 ; ch. Martha, b. 20 Dec. 1667 ; John, 20 
Dec. 1669; Thankfull, 31 Jan. 1671 ; Mary, 31 Aug. 1674, d. 15 Nov. 1676 ; Samuel, b. 
12 or 19 Sept. 1676 ; Israel, 11 July, 1679 ; Josiah, 1 Jan. 1681 ; Thomas, 8 June, 1687. 

Hill, Jonathan, son Nathaniel, b. 7 May, 1676. 

Hinshew, Joshua, husbandm. wf. Elizabeth, had William, b. 2 : 1 : 1671 : Elizabeth 

25 July, 1675, d. 3 Aug. 1675 ; Thankfull. b. 4 Mar. 1 (576-7 ; John, 29 May, 1679 ; Sam- 
uel, I April, 1682 ; Elizabeth. 18 July, 1684 : Katharine, 28 May. 1687 : Exercise, 15 Dec. 



Old Dorchester. 15 

1693; Elizabeth, 20 Apl. 1695, wf. and attorney to her husband Joshua II. Senr. of D. 
yeoman, at present resident in the kingdom of England ; William and Joshua, -"11-. 
" Holland, John, freem. 7 Dec. 16S6; inventory, 10 :7: 1652, E3325 17a. "Debts 
liv Computacon," 611 , 

Holman, John, inventory, 18:1: 1652-3, £739 16s. Samuel Mason m. Mary da. 
of ye late John 11. of D. 29 May, 1662. See present Vol.242-3. 

Bom - N v 111 \nki.i..iii. Patience Tapley, 27:1: 1667 j son Nathaniel, b. 15 :1: 1668, 
lived in Roxbury, was •• killed hy ye breaking of a great gunn at ye Castle, 12 June, 

Bow, Abraham, freem. 2 May. 1638; will, Boston, 26 May, 1676; eldest son Abra- 
ham of Roxbury, who d. probably, L2 Jan. 1683-4 ; Abhab ui. d. at Roxbury 20 Nov. 
1683 ; inventory 8 xbr [8 Dec.] 1683, E323 18s 9d; bod Israeli, das. Elizabeth and 
Sarah, both having ch.; son Isaac d. 28 Jan. 1713-1 1 ; da. Hester, wf. of Henry Mason, 
and da. Deborah. . 

Howard, Robert, freem. Feb. 1652-3; Notary Public and Clerk of the \\ nts ; bad 
probably a boii Robert; Robert and Elizabeth had Sarah, b. 17 Sept. 1681 ; Robert, 22 
Dec. 1683 ; Samuel, 5 April, 1689 ; will 28 May. 1683; wf. Mary; son Jonathan to have 
Dot less than four times as mueh as the rest uf'the children"; inventory (dated after the 
death of the wid.) 20 June, 1683, £605 2s. 

How. ins. Jeremy, tanner, freem. 13 May, 1640; son of William EL; wf. Ester, m. 
in Boston, 10:1: 1643 ;ch. Jeremiah, bap. 12: 1: I643,d.8 :10: 1651; Mehetabel, b. 
23 4 • 1644; William, hap. 1 :5: 1649: liana, 19 :3: 1650; Jeremiah, b. 26 :9: 1652 ; 
Sarah, 10 : 1 : 1653 ; John, 2: ( >ct 1655, d. 2 :5: 1657 ; Nathaniel, b. 27 July, 1658 ; 
Rachel, 16 :10: 1660; Mary, IS : 1 : 1639, m. Nathaniel Green: will. 17 April, 1670, da. 
Ester, wf. of Samuel Wheelwright ; da. Elizabeth, wf. of llev. James Allen ; invent. 6 : 
3: 1670, £1507 6s. . 

Humfrey, JOHAS, freem. 13 May, 1640: tanner, had been Constable in \\ endoyer, 
England ; wf. Francis, da. Sarah, buried 7 mo. 1638: sons Jonas and James : da. Eliza- 

■:, w f t0 f PxLce; Susanna, wf. of Nicholas White; 2d wf. Jane, wid. of Geo. 

Weeks; will 29 : 11 : 1666; she d. 2 :6: 1668; he d. 9 or 19 Mar. 1661-2: invent. C104 
13s 3d : son J.mas d. 30 Oct. 1689 ; estate, pr. scttlemt. (22 Jan. 1689-90) £135 0s 8d. 

Hi hfrey, James, son of Jonas, b. in Eng. 1608, came to N. Eng. with his father, 
and followed his trade; freem. 1645; Ruling Elder 17 yrs. wf. Mary d. 7 May, 1677; 
had two sons. Hopestill and Isaac; probably a da. Mary, who m.Obadiah Hawes ; will 
16 Dec. 16-:.. 

Jones. IsACK, husbandman ; Hannah, da. of Isaac, b. 20:9: 1658.d.2S:9: I60S; he 
m Mary, da. of Robert Boward, Esq. 7 :2: 1659; had Thomas, b. 15 : 1 : 1659-60; 
Ebenezer, 20 :10: 1661 ; Mary, 9 April. 1687; John, d. 21 Oct. 1691.— Isaac Jones, late 
of Boston, mariner, his wid. Mary, deceased ; administr. Saml. Eells and Sarah his wf. 
of Hingham, 7 Apl. 1701 ; invent". £301 : 13s. Id. 

Jones, Thom \s. freem. 1638-9 ; wf. Ellen; ch. Hannah, b. 28 : 1 : 1636 ; Thomas. ,\. 
24 :."> ; 1635; Rebecca, b. 9 :12: 1641, m. James Green, 19 : 9: 1661 ; will 6 Mar. 1667; 
"Sonns [saac Jones, Richard Wav, & James Greene, Overseers"; d. 13 :9: 1667; estate 
apprizd. 11 Dec 1667. £555. Mrs. Ellen J. d. 2 Feb. 1678. 

Jokes, David, m. Sarah, 11 :3: 1659; ch. Jonathan, b. 9 : 1 : 1659-60, d. 6 Jan. 1681 , 
Elizabeth, 7:7: 1662, d. 211 Jan. 1681 ; John, 8 :3: 1667, d. 21 Nov. 1690 j I'rais.-ever, 
b. 18:9:1671; Jonathan, 29 May,1683; David, 18 July, 1689, d. 19 June, 1691 ; Mr. 
Joi E8 m. Anne Ballard, 18 Mar. 1685. 

Lake, Thom is, husbandm. freem. 2 June, 1641 ; will 25 Oct. 1678; invent. 1 Nov. 
1678, £140 9s 3d. See Vol. iv. 167. This name is written on the records Leake, 
Leke and Leak, but his own signature to our document is handsomely and plainly 
written Lake. 

Lane, William, will, (see p. 304 ante); invent, as taken by John Wiswall and 
William Clark, 5 July, 1654, 682, 10s, 8d. 

Leeds, Richard, freem. 1645; will, 2 Mar. 1692-3, " being by the patience oi God 
near an hundred years old"; sons Joseph and Benjamin; da. Hannah, wf. of Saml. 
Clap; da.-in-la. Mrs. Miriam L. : invent. 2S Mar. 1693, £963 19s 6d; Joan, wf. of Rich- 
ard, d. 18 Mar. 1692-3. 

Leeds, Benjamin, freem. 1670, m. Mary Brinsmade, 17:7: 1667; d. lo Aug. 1692; 
an Abigail, wf. of Benjamin L. d. 29 June, 1712, and a Benjamin L. d. 13 Mar. 1717-18. 
Lton, Peter, freem. 2 May, 1649 (were now evidently two Petera) ch. Mary. b. 4: 
9: 1650; Elkanan, 23:7 : 1652: Nathaniel, 28 : 10: 1654; (a Nathaniel d.15 Mar. 1705, 
another, 5, Sept. 1718 ;) Susannah, b. 25 :1: 1658; Ebenezer, 20 : 12 : 1660; Mehi- 
tal.el, 23 : S : 1669 ; Eliab. 12 July, 1673 : Freegrace, 18 Aug. 1677 ; Peter, 19 Dec 
1686 ; Elkanan, 1 May, 1690 ; Ann." wf. of Peter, Sen. d. 21'. Nov. 1689. 

Maki pba< 1 1, Thomas, wf. Elizabeth, will, Boston, 30 June, 1666 ; ' eldest sonne 
Thomas beyond the seas" ; sou William: eldest da. Hannah, m. Stephen Hoppin oi 
Thompson's Island, and had nine ch. Deliverance, John, Stephen, Hannah, Sarah, 



16 Old Dorchester. 

Thomas, Opportunity, Joseph and Benjamin; da. Mary m. Lawrence "Willis, son prob. 
of John W. sen. of Bridgewater ; da. Esther or Hester, m. John Brown of "mal- 
borow," 24 : 2 : 1655 ; da. Wait-a-While m. Thomas Cooper of Boston ; invent. £291 
7s Id. 

Mather, Richard. The name Mather signifies a mower. The progenitor of this 
family, named John, is found at Lawton, parish of Winwick, Lancashire, two genera- 
tions before the time of the emigration to New England. John Mather of Lawton, 
bad a son Thomas, who by Margaret his wf. was father of our Richard, who was born 
at Winwick, 1596: came to N. Eng. in 1635, settled in D. 23 Aug. 1636, d. 22 April, 
1669; his 1st wf. was Catharine, da. of Edmund Holt, or Hoult, by whom he had all 
his children. See Vol. i. 164, and ii. 166. 

Maudesley, John, [probably the John Modesty of Farmer, a name, upon which he 
remarks with affected gravity, " now probably extinct;"] freem. 14 Mar. 1638-9 ; Jo- 
seph, son of John and Elizabeth, b. 1638 ; John, b. 27: 8: 1661 ; Abigail, da. of John 
and Hannah, d. 11 Aug. 1709 ; Hannah, wf. of John, d. 8 Sept. 1709 ; John, d. 6 April, 
1711 ; a John, d. 27:8 : 1661 ; a Sicily d. 3 : 1 : 1661; a Mary, d. 4:10: 1661. 

Mawdesley, Thomas, m. Mary, da. of wid. Laurence, 28 : 8 : 1658 ; ch. Mary, b. 
31: 10: 1660 ; Thomas, 12 :1 : 1666-7, m. Susanna Rigbie, 24:10: 1690; Elizabeth, b. 
19:12:1668; Unite, 5: 3 : 1671 ; Ebenezer, 4 : 7 : 1673; John, 9 Apl. 1676; Nathaniel, 
28 Oct. 1678; Joseph, 17 Apl. 1681 ; will, 1 Oct. 1706, d. 22 Oct, 1706 ; Increase, son 
of my eldest son Increase, late of D. deceased ; the widow of Thomas M. d. April, 
1723. The name Maudesly, Mawdsley, &c, is supposed to be the same as Moseley. 

Maxfeild, Clement, d. 3 Feb. 1691-2 ; widow M., d. 31 May, 1707, as. 86. 

Mede, Gabriel, freem. 2 May, 1638; will 1654, d. 12 : 3 : 1666, se. ab. 79 ; wf. Jo- 
hanna ; sons Israel and David, daus. Lydia ; Experience m. Jabez Eaton, 4:10: 1663 ; 
Sarah, m. Samuel Eddy, 31:9: 1664 ; Patience, m. Matthias Evans, 28 : 2 : 1669, d. 22 : 
3: 1670. 

Millet, Thomas, freem. 17 May, 1637 ; John, son of Thomas and Mary, b. 8 :5 : 
1635 ; Jonathan, b. 27 : 5 : 1638, d. 15 : 6 : 1638 ; Mary, b. 26 : 6 : 1639 ; Mehitabel, 14 : 
1 : 1641 ; Moses Eyres, m. Bethia Millet, 3 : 6 : 1666 ; she d. 15 : 2 : 1669. 

Minot, George, freem. 1 Apl. 1634; will, 10 Sept. 1669; sons, James, Stephen, 
and John ; estate valued 5 Jan. 1671, £271 7s 7d. 

Munninge, Edmund, [Manning '>. | wf. Mary, ch. Hopestill, Returned and Take-heed. 

Naramore, Thomas ; " This day Ralph Warner & Thomas Narrowmoore arr ad- 
mitted for Innhabitants in the towne of Dorchester." [Dorch. Recs. 11:5: 1664.] 
Thomas Narramorc of Boston, fisherman, wf. Hannah, ch. Sarah, b. 26 Sept. 1672; 
James, 4 May, 1674 ; Sarah, 10 Aug. 1686. 

Patten, Nathaniel, d. 31 Jan. 1661 ; estate appraised Feb. 1671, £1416, 17s, Id. ; 
wid. Justin Patten, administratrix. She d. 28 Dec. 1675. 

Paull, Samuell, " only son of wid. Withington," m. MaryBreck, 9:11: 1666 ; ch. 
Samuel, b. 13: 9: 1670; Hannah, 8: 9: 1672; Mary, 27 Mar. 1675; Elizabeth, 10 
Oct. 1677 ; Ebenezer, 1 May, 1680; Priscilla, 11 June, 1682 ; Susanna, 15 July, 1685 ; 
he d. 3 Nov. 1690, intestate ; invent. 24 Mar. 1691-2, £284 ; Mary and Samuel P. ad- 
ministered. 

Pearce, John, freem. 18 May, 1631 ; perhaps a selectman in 1639 & 1641 ; name 
written Pierce on the Town Records ; John sen. of Boston, mason, will 2 Aug. 1689 ; 
wf. Isabel ; ch. Mary, b. 13 Mar. 1661 ; Jacob, 20 June, 1664 ; Sarah 10:6: 1665 : sons 
Joseph & John ; da. Mary Wilson. 

Pears, John, m. Rebecca Wheeler of Boston, wid. 10: 6: 1654; will 16: 7:1661 : ch. 
Saml., Nehemiah, da. wf. of Jeremiah Rogers; Mary Morey, Exercise ; John Pearse d. 

17 Sept. 1661. 

Petcher, Andrew, freem. 2 June, 1641 ; wf.Margaret; ch. Samuel, John. Jonathan, 
Nathaniel, da. Experience, youngest da. Ruth ; bo't land with others in 1653 in Mod- 
way, then called Bogistow; will 4: 10: 1660; d. (in Dor'r) 19 : 12: 1660. 

Phillips, John, freem. 7 Aug, 1632; deac. 2d ebb. Boston; wf. Joanna: ch. Mary, 
John, Israel; 2d wf. Sarah; da. Mary m. George Munjoy: will 15 Mar. 1681 : invent- 
ory, 25 July, 1683, £137 17s 6d ; Mary Lawrence (late Munjoy) executrix. 

Pole, William, ch. John, eldest son, m. Elizabeth Benton of Taunton. 28 Mar. 1 672 ; 
Theophilus, b. 27 : 3 : 1660 ; Mary, m. Daniel Henchman of Boston, 26 : 2 : 1672 ; Wil- 
liam, d. 21 Apl. 1687. William P. was clerk of ye writs, &c. 10 years ; Register of 
Births, Marriages & Deaths, & Schoolmaster, at a salary of £25 per an. He 
was brother of Miss Elizabeth Poole the benefactress of Taunton. Sec our work, 
vol.ii.ifel. 

Pond, William, ch. Elizabeth & Martha, b. 17: 12 : 1657 ; Samuel d. 2 : 8 : 1657 ; 
Elizabeth d. 26 : 12: 1657 ; Martha d. 2 : 1 : 1657-8 ; Judeth b. 16 : 8 : 1659 ; Thankfull, 
15: 11 : 1661 ; m. Philip Withington, 17 Nov. 1682; George, b. 20 : 11 : 1665 ; Mindwell, 
24: 6 : 1667 ; William P. d. 4 Apl. 1690; wid. Mary d. 16 Feb. 1710-11. Mary m. 
Nicholas Ellen, 3:5: 1663 ; Sarah m. Desire Clap, 21 Oct. 1679. 



Old Dorchester. 17 

Pope, John, freem. 3 Sept 1684 j 1st wf. Jane, probably, 2d Alice,3d Mai 
outlived him; hed. 18 Oct or 19th, 1686 : inventory, 3 Nov. £260 ;ch. Thomas, Nathan ; 

John, b. SO: 4: 1635, m. Beatrix ,& had son John, born I 5 I 5fi da J 

28 May, 1677; Joseph, 17 Octd. 24 of the same, 1680. Beatrix & Margaret A Jane, 
d. 12:11: 1662, will 18 Apl. 1662; had da. Patience, m. to Edward Blake. Beatrix, 
wf. of. Io!m jr., was living a wid. in Lancaster in 11 

Pope. Thomas, ch. John, b. 27: 10: 1643; Thomas, 26: 10: 1670; Alice, 23 Dec. 
m. Margaret L ing I s Nov. 1681. 

1 1 am i l, freem. 3 -May. 1665 ; hnsbandm. ; deacon ; d. 10 Nov. 1707, 
son Daniel who was deacon also, & Ruling Elder: da. Mary m. Bleazer Fawer; admin. 
. invent. (JlTu 18s ; Daniel jr. d. 13 Mar. 1725-6, in his 77th 
year ; wf Abigail. 

Proctor, George, freem. 17 May, 1637 ; will 27 Jan. 1661, d. 29:11: 1661; das. 
Sarah & Mary ; wf. I deth : da. Abigail, m. Joseph Lowell of Boston, 8 -Mar. 1659 ; son 
Thomas, b. 16: 10 : 1637; Samuel, 8 : 9 : 1640; John Lewie of Boston, in. Hannah, da. 
of George P., of D. .'5 : 1 : 1652-3. 

PbO( rOR, S\m\ rii.. probably son of George, above: cooper; wf. Mary: they sold 
house and land in Boston, to Hugh Drewry, carpenter, 23Dec.l674; Mary, da. ol S 
tiel and .Mary. b. 22 Dee. 1671. 

Rigbyb, John, freem. 18 May, 1642. Thomas Ilolman m. Abigail Rigby, l'.»: 12: 

Robinson, J lmes, m. Mary Alcock,27 : 7: 1664 ; ch. James, b. 8:9: 1665 ; Thomas, 

15 April, 1668 ; Samuel, 14 & Mary, 17 Mar. 1673, d. Mar. 31, 1693; Jobn, b. 
17 Apl. 1675 : Hem v. 21 June, 1678, d. next day : Ebenezer, b. 5 July, 1682 ; James R. 
d. 18 Apl. 1694; Mary, wid d. 13 Mar. 1717-18. 

Robinson, "William, will. 31 July. 1688; wf. Vrsula; eldest son Samuel; son In- 

. da Prudence Bridge of Roxbury ; da Waiting Penniman of Brantry; mary 

ter my wines da. inventory, 14 : 5: 1668, E435 12s fid. 

Rl SK, Jaspi r, In. m. 29 May, Ki44 : wf. Elisabeth ; ch. Preserved, b. 24 : 7 : 1651 : 

Elizabeth, 24 : B : 1653,— d. ( .» : 9: 1657 : Thankful, b. 21 : 8 : 1657, d. 21 : 9 : 1657 ; Jas- 

peb R. m. Judith, 24: 1 : 1664, d. 23 : 12: 1668, a- 58 ; estate pzd. 10: : 1668-9, £111 

Si:\i:il. Robert, admitted an inhabitant of D. 9 : 4 : 100:2: Deborah, wf. of Robert 
senr. d. 2 Mar. 1713-14; Robert, d. 7. Feb. 1710-17; ch. Salter, b. 20: 4: 1664, d. 8 
Apl. 1690; Esben, 24: 12: 1669; Robert. 2: 5: 1671; Ezben, 18 : 1: 1074; Deborah, 
4 Apl. 1077 : Jabez, 13 Mar. 1678-9. 

Sellocke, David, --nape boyler," wf. Susanna; memb. lstchh. of Boston, 23 : 1 : 
1044: ch. David, b. 11 : 10: 1638; Jonathan, 20: 3: 1641, was of Stamford, Ct 16 Apl. 
1703 : John. b. 21 : 2, 1643 : Nathaniel, 18: 5 : 1645; Johannah. 11 : 10: 1047 ; Eliza- 
beth, 1 Feb. 1651 : da. Susanna, d. 10: 9: 1653; estate przd. 0: 10: 1654, £570 6s 8d ; 
debts 

Smith, John, sen. wf. Katherine ; son John ; da. Waitstill, b. ll -. 10: 1658; Sam- 
uel. S : 1: 1658-9; Deliverance, 21 : 11: 1660 ; Samuel, 26 : 10:1662; will28:10: 
da. Mary to be understood .Mary PeltOU, not da. Mary Hinckley: shee is paid 
what I promised vpon her mar. to Mr. Nath. Glover;" John S. d. 17 Sept 1676. 

Sphrr, Ro tn.23 May, 1666; ch. Elizabeth, b. 4: 11 : 1658; Robert, 21 : 2: 

1661, m. Elizabeth Tilstone, 24 Oct 1084. & had Thomas, Elizabeth, & Robert, who d. 

16 Jan. 1738-9, in his 78th year. 

Stoughton. William, will. 6 July. 1701. To Dorehr. £150, the income for the ad- 
vancement of the salary of the Sr!,, . : but if within ten years the town do not 
'i such Balary to the full value of £40 a year, the whole income (of the E150) 
shall be paid to the' Steward of Harvard College, to be given al the discretion of the 
President and Fellows, towards the encouragement of some well deserving Btudent, 
coming from Milton. ,ve. This fund in 1850 ($332050) yielded an interest of $209.87. 
Lieut Got. Stoughton d. um. 7 July. 1701, te 70. See y,,i. iv. 52. lie was unfortnn- 
hief justice during the lamented trials for witchcraft in 1692. & is said to have 
been more severe than his associates against the wretched sufferers by that delusion; 
& died without knowing, or if knowing, without acknowledging his error. 

Sumner, William, freem. 1637 ; wf. Mary d. 7 June, 1676 ; will 1 Mar. 1668; son 
"Willi;;: i, nine ch. then Hi n ml. b. 18: 3; 1638; Increase, 23 : 

12 : 1642, d. 30 Sept. 1683; Sarah, da. of Increase, d. 22 Oct. 1683; son George; da. 
Joane Way ; invent. 23 Jan. 1688, £509 lis lid ; Abigail, d. 19: 12 : 1057 ; Mary, m. 
Nicolas How, 19: 11 : 1071. 

Swift, Thomas, freem. 6 May, 1035; wf. Elizabeth; ch. Thomas, b. 17 : 4: 1635; 
m. Elizabeth, d. of Robert Vose, 9 : 10: 1657; deacon of the chh. at Milton: d. 31 
■Tan. 1717-18, SB B2 vis. 8 mos.; Obadiah, b. 16: 5 : 1638; Elizabeth, 26: 12: J640; 
Ruth, 24 : 6 : 1643, m. William Grecnoufih of Boston. 10 Oct. 1660 ; John Baker of 
Boston, m. Joan. da. of Thomas S. of D. 5 : 9 : 1657 ; will, 26 Apl. 1675, d. 4 May, 1075 ; 
Elizabeth d. 20 Jan. 1077. se 67 ; a James S. d. 9 : 9 : 1657. 
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18 Old Dorchester. 

Swift, Obediaii, son of Thomas above, m. Rest Athcrton, 15: 1 : 1G60-1 ; ch. Re- 
member, b. 5: 12: 1661, d. 5: 12: 1661; Rest, b. 1.3: 10: 1662; Obadiah 28: 11: 1670; 
Hopestill, 11:1: 1674: Elizabeth, 7 Sept. d. 17th, 1675 ; Abigail, b. 4 Jan. 1676 ; Eliz- 
abeth, 4 Jan. 1679, d. 2 Nov. 1683 ; Obediaii S. d. 27 Dec. 1690 : appraisment of estate 
4 Mar. 1690-1, £189 2s 8d; Rest, d. 13 Nov. 1708.-^John White m. Mary S. 11 : 11 : 
1663. Obadiah Reed m. Anna S. 19: 6.1664. Hopestill Clapp m. Susanna S. 18 : 
2: 1672. 

Tileston, Tfiomas, frecm. 9 Mar. 1636-7, d. 24 June, 1694, sb. 83 ; Mrs. Sarah, d. 
26 June, 1712 ; Katherine, d. 7 Nov. 1677. 

Tolman, Thomas, freem. 13 May, 1640; 2d, wf. Sarah; will 29 Oct. 1688; eldest 
son Thomas ; da. Sarah Lcadbetter ; da. Rebckah, wf. of James Tucker: da. Ruth, 
desd wf. of Isaac Royall; two eldest das. Ruth and Mary ; da. Hannah, b. 27 : 5 : 1642, 

m. Lyon; son John; da. Mary Collins ;, inventory, 23 July, 1690, £.322 15s.; 

Elizabeth, wid. of Thomas jun. d. 15 Dec. 1726. 

Topliff, Clement, b. in England, 17 Nov. 1603; wf. Sarah, ch. Jonathan,!). 2 
mo: 1637; Sarah, 3 mo: 1639; Obedience, 8 mo : 1642, m. David Cope, 20 Feb. 
1659; will, 21 Jan. 1666 ; d. 24 Dec. 1672, se. 69 ; wf. Sarah, d. 29 July, 1693. se. 88 ; 
son Samuel : da. Sarah, m. David Jones; da. Patience, m. Nath. Homes, 27, 1667: 
inventory, 8 Jan. 1672, .£256 7s 6d. 

Tofliif, Samuel, freem. 7 May. 1673 ; wid. Patience, d. 8 Sept. 1728; ch. Mehit- 
able, b. 19 Aug. 1663, d. probably in infancy; Samuel, b. 19 Aug. 1675, d. 30 Aug. 
1694, u\ 19 : Patience, b. 24 Jan. 1677, m. Nathaniel Crafts, of Roxbury, 26 Nov. 1701 ; 
Thankfull, b. 22 Feb. 1679, m. Jabez Searle, 9 Apl. 1702, d. a wid.; Jonathan. I). 23 
Sr ])t . 1682, d. 8 Sept. 1700; Waitstill, b. 6 Nov. 1684, m. Samuel Henshaw, d. 17 May, 
1637, in her 53d year; Joseph, b. 24 Apl. 1687, m. Sarah . 

Trescott, William, freem. 10 May, 1643; wf. Elizabeth, her father. Dyer, de- 
ceased before 1699 ; ch. Samuel, b. 4 :9 : 1646 ; Mary, b. 2,3 : 2 : 1649, m. John" Hene- 
way. 6:8: 1665 ; John, 21 : 8 : 1651 ; Patience, 7 : 3 : 1653, d. 9 May, 1707 ; Abigail, b. 
5:9: 1656, m. Anuniel Weeks, 2 Mar. 1682; Martha, b. 8:11: 1660, m. Jacob Uncus. 
24 Feb. 1680 ; Elizabeth, b. 24 : 4 : 1665 ; will, 9 Aug. 1699 ; da. Martha Adams, her 
three ch. Mercy, Mary and Martha Huens ; gr. ch. Ammiel and George Weeks ; da. 
Sarah Modesly. 

Trescot, Samuell, ch. Jeremiah, b. 6 Oct. 1676 : Abia, 31 Oct. 1678; Thankfull. 
22 Feb. 1679 ; Elizabeth, 19 Jan. 1681 : Sarah, 5 Mar. 1683. 

Trot, Thomas, freem. 1644, wf. Sarah, d. prob. 27 May, 1712; ch. Sarah, b. 16:11 : 
1653, m. Barnard Capen, 2 June, 1675 ; Mary, b. 26:11: 1656; Samuel, 27 :6:1660;d.3 

Aug. 1724: John. b. 24: 9:1664; Thankfull, 5 : 10: 1667, m. Hineklev; James, b. 

2:4: 1671, d. 27 Sept. 1717 ; will, 11 Aug. 1694, d. 2S July, 1696, ce.ab. 82 ; son Thomas 
dau. Preserved Baker, estate .£508 6 d. 

Turner, William, freem. 10 May, 1643 ; probably removed to Boston soon after; 
will, 16 Feb. 1675-6, '• hee being to goe forth against the heathen our barbarous Ene- 
mies, & not knowing whither ever hee may return"; wf. Mary, wid. of Key Also]) ; 
mentions also "sons " and " eldest daughter," but not by name. In Philip's War he 
was in active service, and being ordered against a large body of Indians encamped about 
the great falls in Connecticut River, appears to have made his will before entering 
upon the campaign of 1676. On the night of the 18th of May of that year he sup- 
prised those Indians while fast asleep, made a "great & notable slaughter of them," 
with only the loss of one of his own men, but in his retreat, is himself cut off with 
many of his men, by the enraged enemy who had rallied and pursued him. The in- 
ventory of his estate was given in. 18 July. 1676, £391 Is 6d ; widow Mary adminis- 
tratrix. He had a grandson, William Turner living at Swansey, in 1636. 

Turner, Jeffrey, freem. 10 May. 1643, wf. Isabella, d. 12 : 10 : 1660 ; ch. Praise- 
ever, b. 22 : 3 : 1640 ; Increase, b. 16 : 8 : 1642.— [See present Vol. 305-6. See also Vol. 
III. p. 176.] Praise-ever went to Northampton, where on the 28th Sept., 1675. lie 
was, with two other persons of the name of Shakspeare, killed bv the Indians. "En- 
crease," m. Mehitabel Holt, 3 Oct. 1673. He lived at the North End, Boston, as 
appears by a mortgage which he made to Hugh Drurv. about 1673. 

Upsal, Nicholas, freem. 18 May, 1631 ; first Bayliff of D. 1634; wf. Dorothv: 
joined 1st ch. Boston, 28 : 5: 1644; he d. 20 : 6: 1666, estate app. 3: 7: 1666, £543 
10s ; ch. Anna. b. 12: 1635; Elizabeth, 12: 1637. m. Win, Greenough, 4 July, 1652 
.Susannah, b. 7:12: 1639, m. Joseph Cocke, 10 Nov. 1659 ; Experience.!). 19: 1 : 1640 
d. 2 Aug. 1659; 27 June, 1636, the town licensed him to keep an ordinary, and again 
the next year. In 1656, the general court lined him £20 and imprisoned* him, for his 
countenancing and befriending Quakers. In 1661, "on occasion of his drawing many 
Quakers & others affected to that sect thither," [to the place of his imprisonment] he 
is removed to Castle Island. " there to remain vpon his own charge." His wife, peti- 
tioned for his release soon after, upon which the court ordered that he " be moued ovt 
of prison forthwith to ye house of John Capen. in Dorchester, and there be confined 
a prisoner vntill ye latter end of ye 8th mon< th n< st." 1 low Ion-- his confinement la-ted 
we cannot state, but the next year, 1662, the court record recites, - Nicholas Vpshall 



Old Dorchei 19 

being formerly sentenced to perpetual Imprisonment, & obteyning a Reprivall, hath 
greatly abused their lenity, doe therefore Order him to be Confined again to ye house of 
John Capen." By " a reprivall " we are to understand banishment : for he was sentenced 
to remain in prison until the fine was paid, or if he would not pay it. his effects were 
ordered to be seized by the marshal ; but, they say, "ye fine being pajd, he shall de- 
part this Jurisdiction wthin 01 ol returne Vnder ye poi nalty of Imprison- 
ment," &c. 

In that no less singular than rare book, " Persi cutors Maul'd with their own Weap- 
ons,' 1 is this passage about Nicholas Upshall, which agrees well with our records. 

•'. an old .Man full of years, seeing their [the authorities of Boston] 
Cruelty to the harmless Quakers, & that they had condemned some of them to dye, 
both he & elder Wisewell, or otherwise Deacon II • ■ ■'• ". Members of the Church in 
bore their Testimonies in publick against their brethrens horid Cruelty to the 
said Quakers. And the said Upshall declared, 2 ;a sad fore-runner 

heavy Judgr, mthe Count . '*• so ill at his hands, 

that they fined him Twenty pounds, >.<• three Pound more at another of their Courts, for 
not coming to their Meeting, & would not abate him one Grote, but imprisoned him 
and then banished him on pain of Death, which was done in a time of such cxtream 
hitter weather for Frost, Snow and Cold, that had not the in the Wil- 

derness Woods taken compassion on !;i> Misery, tor the winter season, he in all likeli- 
hood had perished, though he had then in Boston a '_ r "od Estate in houses & Land, 
& Money, as also Wife & Children, hut not suffered to come unto him, nor he 
to them." p. 41. 

Wales, Nathaniel, freem. 2 Nov. 1637; will 20: 4: 1661; ch. Timothy, John, 
Nathaniel; bro-in-law Humphrey Atherton ; d. 4D 

Wats, Heebie, d. L667, se: 84 years; Elizabeth, wf. of Henry, d. 23 : 4 : 161 
S4; Jonathan, son of Richard, b. 29; 10: 1657, d. 6: 9: 1658. — Henry, will, 2 Dec. 
1674; sis. Elizabeth, bro. Richard; Vnckle Aaron, and Vnckle James (ireen. 

Weeks, Geobge, freem. 13 May, 1640; wf. Jane, d. [perhaps the same] 27:8: 
1659; sons Ammiel and William. — The name of Weeks or Weekes, is said, by pood 
authority. (Mi:. Lysoks) to have been originally Wray, but took the name of Wyke, 
on settling at North Wyke. Co. of Devon, in the reign of Richard II. 1377-95. Fran- 
cis Weeks, the last male heir of this family died in 1611. 

Weeks, Amiel, freem. 6 May, 1657, d. 20 April, 1679, ». -;<",: eh. Elizabeth, b. L8: 
8: 1657, m. Timothy Mather, 20 Mar. I I lankfull, b. 24 : 2: 1660; Ammiel, 

15: 7: 1662, m. Abigail Trescot, 21 Nov. 1682; Ebenezer, b. 15 May, 1665; Joseph, 
3 Sept 1667 : Supply, 26 An.:. 1671 : Thomas. 20 Nov. 1673 : Hannah. 14 May, 1676. 

Weeks, William, freem. •'! May, 1665 : " Clerk of the Writ-" about I 
ir,77: ch. George, b. 26: '.< : 1658 ; Renew, 12 : 6: 1660; Samuel, b. 25 : 11: 1669. 

Wei a, freem. 7 May, 1673, m. Mary Atherton, '.» : 2: 1667; eh. .Mary, 

b.20: 3: 1668; Joseph, 26 : I: L670; Repent. 22 Feb. 1675, and perhaps others; d. 
31 Oct. 1690; inventory, an Jan. 1691, £122 3s. Mary, widow. 

White, James, " son of Edward who came from England," m. Sarah Ilakcr. 22: 12 : 

1664, who d. 13 Oct 16 : ah, b.8: 10: 1665, d. 2:11: 1665; Thankfull,b.l8:6: 

[cbabod, 26 Apl. d. 12 May, 1669; John, b. 7:4:1670; Marti 1675; 

- 29 May, 1679 ; Richard, 2 Mar. 1681 ; Edward,4 Aug. 1683 ; Ebenezer, b. 3 July, 

1685 : James, (the father) d. 11 Nov. 1713. 

Wiles, Mice vel, probably the same name as Willis & Wills ; freem. 2 May, 1638 ; 

cutler; will dated Boston, 21 June, 1669; hot. lain! of Edward Tyng on or near 

Union St. : wf. Mildred ; dan. Temperance, bap. at l<x chh. 13 : 12 : 1647 ; dan. Ad- 

. grand-ch. James Phillips : sons, Experience and Michael; the 

latter 1). 11 Nov. 1653; both cutlers; his wid. (Mildred) will. 20 Sept. IGsn 

daus. Abigail Bill, Lydia Nowell, Joanna Ellis, Pollard ; grand-ch. Michael 

and Marah Will 

Wilkins, Be it, freem. 14 May. 1634 ; in 1638 " hath liberty" granted by the General 
Court. ■■ to sett vp a house o< keepe a ferry over naponset ryver, & to haue a penny a 
pson to bee directed by mr. i '. • ." went to Lynn, though from Mr. 

Lewis it might be inferred that he was living there in 1630, '-a farmer, on the western 
side of Flax Pond." Hist. Lynn. • I him in Lynn. 1660, and that he had 

1, and the inventory of John W. 1672. .-nets. 

Wiswall, John, frei m. 1 i Mar. 1638-9; deacon at the gathering of the new chh. 
\n D. the records of which were commenced by him; he was also a Ruling Elder. 
He lived in that part of Dorchester afterwards called : "beyond ye Blue 

Hills near Dedham"; removed to Boston, according to Fanner, where hewas rul- 
: will 'J July. |t'.s7; son John. da. Hannah Overman; da. De- 
borah; d.a. [Esther, wf. of Darnel] Eisb I da. Cutter; son and da. Johnson; 
da. Lydia Ballard's ch. ; da. Mary Emands; son Henry Mountfort and Ruth his wf. ; 
son Matthew 

Wiswall, Thomas, f - '• ■ settled in Newton, d. there 6 Dec 1683; 

Noah Wiswall, of N iwton, b. 1640, a Captain in the Indian wars, killed in tbe desperate 



20 Old Dorchester. 

fight with Indians near Whelewrightfa Pond in Lee, N. H., July 6th, 1690, was his 3on. 
The wife of Capt. W. was Thedosia, da. of John Jackson of Newton, whom he mar. 
1664. See Ward Family, p. 29. He left a son Noah, living in 1 733, and perhaps other 
children. 

Wiswell, Enoke, hi. Elizabeth, da. of John Olliver, 25 : 9 : 1657 ; ch. John, b. 10 : 
10: 1658; Enoch, 10: 11 : 1660, d. 18: 11 : 1660; Hannah, b. 6 : 2: 1662; Elizabeth, 
28 : 2: 1667, d. 25 April 1692 ; Esther, b. 28: 10: 1669, m. Silence Allen ; Susanna, 
b. 2: 6: 1672, m. Edward Breck ; Enoch, b. 6 April, 1675, d. 27 September, 1676; 
Mary, b. 27 August, 1677, m. Samuel Robinson; Samuel, b. 2 Sept. 1679; Enoch 
and Ebenezer, 25 February, 1682. Mr. Wiswell d. 28 Nov. 1706, a\ 73; wid. Eliz- 
abeth, 31 May, 1712, aj. 75. Estate settled by act of court, 12 June, 1710, his second 
son Oliver W. " Cordwinder," administrator. Mr. W. left a writing which he probably 
intended as his will, but the court would not allow it. " there being several Omissions 
& Defects therein," no executor mentioned, &c. 

Within-gton, Henry, will, 8:11: 1664, d. 2 Feb. 1666, se. 79, having been Ruling 
Elder 29 years; Estate valued. 6 Mar. 1666-7, .£850 17s 3d ; wf. Margaret; das. Faith 
Baker, Marj» Danforth, Ann Batte ; son Richard's four sous, John, Ebenezer, Henry 
and Philip. A Mrs. Elizabeth W., d. 16 : 12 : 1660. 

Witiiington, Richard, freem. 13 May, 1640 ; wf. Elizabeth ; ch. Ebenezer, Henry, 
d. 2 Feb. 1687-8; Philip, b. 26 : 1 : 1659; Constant, 16: 9: 1661; Elizabeth. 16: 
2: 1666; Joseph, 15 : 4 : 1668; will, 18 June. 1690; d. 22 Dec. 1701; inventory, 30 
Jan. 1701-2, £418 4s; son-in-law, Jonathan Hall. 

Wright, Henry, freem. 1635 ; Mary, da. of Henry and Elizabeth, b. 1 : 2- 1635 : 
Samuel, 14 : 12 : 1636. 

Additions. — The following matters have been handed in while the preceding part 
was in the press : — 

Blake, William.— His 5ch.were, William, b. in England, 1620, d. in Dorchester, 
1703 ; James, b. in Eng. 1623, d. in D. 1700; John, b. in Eng. d. in Boston, 1688; 
Edward, b. in Eng. d. in Milton, 1692 ; Anna. ra. Jacob Legare of Boston. 

Clap, Edward, son Joshua, b. 12 : 3 : 1661. 

Clap, Ezra, ch. Sarah, b. 20 July, 1677 ; Judith, 6 May, 1680; Elizabeth, 1 Oct. 
1682. 

Elder, Daniel, ch. Lydia, b. 10 : 5 : d. 12: 6: 1668 ; Remember, b. 29 : 4: 1669 
Andrew, 13 : 1 : 1671 ; Lydia, 13 June, 1675 ; Daniel, 1 Jan. 1675. 



Errata.— On page 5, owing to one of the numerous causes which produce errors 
in printing, a few variations in the list of names there printed occur; and though but 
a single error of importance has been discovered, it is thought best to notice alf those 
variations ; as, for Edmund Clap r. Edward ; r. also Clement, Augustene ; fibster ; Allice 
Joanes ; Maudcsley ; Minott ; Procter ; Sellock; Jeffrey Turner, and Vpsall. In the note 
on page 8, the name of John Newell is misplaced : it should follow that of John 
Franklyn, and hence is among the autographs. On page 10, article Blake, James. 

for Ruth , r. Ruth Bachelor ; the Elizabeth and Hannah in the last two lines of the 

same paragraph, were doubtless the ch. of James B. Jun. On p. 14, Hall, Rich- 
ard, da. Elizabeth m. Wood, r. m. John Wood. Nicholas Bitler's da. Lydia 

m. John Minot. See Gen. ; Register, i. p. 172. On p. 12, Samuel, son of Augustine 

Clement, is mentioned as having had two wives, Deborah , and Hannah Ju^s ■ 

the latter was doubtless his first wife. 




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